Columbus_Was_Not_a_Hero

Columbus Was Not a Hero “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” That’s the one date everyone remembers, the date in virtually every school child’s history textbook. But, they leave out pretty much everything about Columbus and his exploration of the New World. It’s the part many people have yet to learn about. For years, Columbus has been presented to us as a hero. In 1934, President Roosevelt even gave Columbus his own holiday. To this day, we celebrate his “discovery” of America. What is found in history textbooks now, have seemed to show another side of Christopher Columbus, a side that they wouldn’t dare teach in elementary school. It’s the rest of Columbus’ tale of “discovery”. This paper will show you that Christopher Columbus didn’t technically “discover” America and that his actions were much louder than the words we read about in school. Third grade seems like such a long time ago, yet I remember the Christopher Columbus story like it was nothing. It started out with a boy named Christopher Columbus; he was born and raised in Genoa, Italy. He grew up wanting to be an explorer. He columbus, indians, people, land, about, one, indian, gold, christopher, wanted, very, spanish, spain, set, new, much, men, haiti, because, trade, spaniards, out, india, food, find, yet, world, token, system, slavery, slave, side, round, reached, now, month, just, go, found, believed, began, around, years, voyage, villages, tribe, took, time, three, that’s