Ep. 80 Columbus Part 1: How a Villain Was Twisted Into America's Greatest Hero

Few humans in history have sent out more shockwaves than Christopher Columbus. His four voyages to the Americas changed our whole existence, culturally, spiritually, ethnically, economically, politically, geographically, morally possibly more than any single person ever has. When Columbus' ships first dropped anchor off the islands of the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, as the anchor struck the sandy bottom of the crystal blue Caribbean waters, it issued in a new era, the modern era. Columbus has gone down in history as a hero, the forefather of our forefathers. But in reality, he was far more villain than hero. Let's fix that.

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Sources: 

• NPR "Think You Know the Real Christopher Columbus?"
• Grist "Here's the real story of Columbus that people prefer to ignore"
• History.com "Christopher Columbus"
• BBC "Christopher Columbus"
• Wikipedia "Voyages of Christopher Columbus"