Happy Columbus Day. It's difficult to know how to treat the topic of  Christopher Columbus, 4 Voyages to find a westward route to China and the Indies without success. He was returned to Spain in chains, He only just managed to avoid being a victim of the Spanish Inquisition. His crews were responsible for introducing syphilis in Europe and Small pox into the west indies which wiped out hundred of thousands of people on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet he is still celebrated as discovering America.  Whereas John Cabot who actually discovered (well re-discovered to more precise) North America … [Read more...]