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Christopher Columbus Columbus and Genocide 2 Christopher Columbus The Start of Genocide in America Recently many American families came together to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday. Many Americans observe this holiday as a reminder of when Columbus discovered America. For centuries, Columbus has been hailed as a brave explorer whose daring, perseverance, and navigational knowledge led to the "discovery" of America. In grade schools across America children are taught that Columbus is a hero for discovering America. Although, what most schools in the past have not informed their students of, is the fact that Columbus did a great deal more that discover America. The fact is however that Columbus was no more the discoverer of America than Pocahontas was the discoverer of Great Britain. Native Americans had built great civilizations with many millions of people long before Columbus wandered lost into the Caribbean. Columbus never set foot on North America, nor did he open it to European trade. Scandinavian Vikings already had settlements here in the eleventh century. The first European explorer to thoroughly document his visit to North America was the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto, who sailed for King Henry VII of England and columbus, indians, america, people, indian, one, genocide, spanish, world, off, native, caribbean, war, stannard, north, new, first, 1992, slave, ships, population, killed, island, dogs, children, century, bodies, americans, american, after, years, wrote, work, women, wolves, within, way, under, two, taino, spaniards, spain, south, slaves, silver, reputation, mines, long