Reminds me of a Salvadoran war widow who came to Arlington, VA in 1992. Her teenage daughter was enrolled in the public high school and later begged her mother to be allowed to return to El Salvador to go to school.
Her impression of high school in America was that black thugs assault girls in the hallway and in class one is taught bad things about Columbus instead of good things. In El Salvador, Columbus is a hero, his image was on the paper money of every denomination, and the currency was named after him (Colones before the dollar took over). The teen was allowed to return to El Salvador to complete high school.
Within just a few years of 1492, there was an explosion of permanent settlements in the Americas and yet this writer descibes the discovery as "sort of".
The best sailors admire Columbus as both a methodical and instinctive sailor who deserved the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea".
How many people know John Cabot was Columbus' counterpart, but Cabot actually set foot in what is today the USA! Shall we have Cabot's name removed from all towns and streets. IMO, Cabot was a much greater influence in the establishment of Europeans in the West.