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Published: 02.01.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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I was greatly intrigued when Native Americans protested on Columbus Day and did not view it as a cause for celebration. From all my past readings in historical textbooks, Columbus has been described as a lover of the sea, who, as a little boy, dreamed of setting out to explore such broad extent some day. It was said that Columbus waited for six years, until the Spanish Queen Isabella gave him three ships. When the crew grew worried for there was no sight for land, Columbus even "encouraged" them, telling them that land must be close. His perseverance in discovering the New World shaped Columbus into respected hero, and even worthy of a holiday.
Now, these Native Americans are saying that Christopher Columbus brought the start to the violence and destruction in the Americas. This so-called "hero" thought that he had reached Asia, which he did not, and was ignorant enough to have called the people he encountered in the Caribbean "Indians". …

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