Columbus_-_Hero_Or_Villain_

Columbus - Hero Or Villain' Christopher Columbus is known to many as the man who discovered the Americas. His accomplishment is even celebrated by Americans on the day referred to as Columbus Day. But this day is not a day of celebration for everyone. There are two powerful “myths” regarding Columbus that Fernandez-Armesto describes in his article, “Columbus – Hero or Villain.” Columbus’ discovery is a well known fact to many people, but there are some people who believe that Columbus was guilty of slavery and of genocide to the natives of the New World. These two myths originated from what was left of documentation that was kept during Columbus’ time. It is believed by some that the natives were enslaved by Columbus once he reached the New World. An even bolder accusation against Columbus is that he committed genocide against the natives of the New World. But as it says in Fernando-Armesto’s article, these myths are columbus, natives, world, people, new, myths, day, against, genocide, believe, because, article, villain, two, thing, taken, slavery, really, proof, known, hero, even, discovered, columbus, written, wealth, versions, time, that’s, states, stated, solid, says