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On 1/27/2024 at 6:23 PM, wmw999 said:

And anyway, the Spanish and Portuguese were far more exploitative early on of the New World. Wherever Columbus was from, he was sponsored by the Spanish, and so it was a Spanish conquest. 

Wendy P.

 He was an explorer.His dreams and his greed did compelled him,but regardless of who was flipping the bill,no matter the nation of finance, the exploitation would follow, as a matter of fact. An Oppenheimer's dilemma of sorts.

"Lies my teacher told me" would be simplistic at best.As would judging a man from the distant past by today's moral standard. I find reading what he wrote, without prejudice  a great looking glass.

“Let those who are fond of blaming and finding fault while they sit safely at home ask, ‘Why did you not do thus and so?’ I wish they were on this voyage. 

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