Essay on Christopher Columbus Columbus as a man had many positive contributions as well as negative. People all over the world celebrate Columbus Day, because of his achievements, and success in finding the "New World". Although, many people revel in his glory, their are facts that infer that Columbus wasn't as admirable as people think of him. In 1892, Columbus was a hero, virtually everyone praised him. On the contrary in 1992, revisionists who are delving into …
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…of the people, and the spreading of disease, which led to the demise of approximately 75% of the Native American population. Columbus had benevolent contributions, but the persecution of Native Americans does and should not condone him from his faults. Native Americans were doomed by European arrogance, brutality, and infectious diseases. Columbus' gift was slavery to those who greeted him. Columbus' arrival to the New World, set in motion a destruction of the world he entered.