2011年10月10日 · Guest host Tony Cox speaks with historian William Fowler to set the record straight on some of the popular myths surrounding Christopher Columbus and his voyage.

2018年7月2日 · Christopher Columbus is a complex figure nowadays, especially in America. Let's explore some weird things you may not know about Christopher Columbus.

2020年10月12日 · Christopher Columbus (l. 1451-1506 CE, also known as Cristoffa Corombo in Ligurian and Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) was a Genoese explorer (identified as Italian) who became famous in his own time as the man who discovered the New World and, since the 19th century CE, is credited with the discovery of North America, specifically the region com...

As a colonial governor, Columbus was accused by some of his contemporaries of significant brutality and removed from the post.

2019年10月14日 · Christopher Columbus was not a perfect man, but his legacy has been unfairly tarnished by his revisionist critics.

2025年1月6日 · Columbus Day churns up a stormy sea of controversy every year: Was Christopher Columbus a gifted navigator or reckless adventurer?

2022年7月9日 · Even if one were to put aside Columbus’ incompetence, the man was capricious, power-drunk, greedy, and cruel. 1. Columbus scammed Natives out of their resources. On his fourth and final voyage to...

1992年1月6日 · Columbus was indeed obsessed with turning himself and his family into lords, as his other eloquently strange project, The Book of Privileges, attests.

2019年10月13日 · False: Columbus actually made four trips to the Caribbean, and despite bringing back gold, he died in poverty. True: Though he was doubted by many, and the evidence was stacked against him,...

2015年10月12日 · Because of Columbus’s exaggerated report and promises, his second expedition was given seventeen ships and more than twelve hundred men. The aim was clear: slaves and gold. From his base on Haiti, Columbus sent expedition after expedition into …