Columbus got his three ships, crossed the Atlantic, then got the ball rolling (so to speak) by announcing shore leave. ;^)
There were DemocRATs in the New World back then? Whod’a thought?
We gave the “Indians” Typhoid, etc. and in return they gave us syphilis. Syphilis wasn’t as serious for the Indians since they had built up an immunity to its ravages over thousands of years many generations. Originally it was mostly fatal to Europeans. The same was true of diseases that Europeans had built immunity to that killed Indians.
It is interesting that the pre-Columbus reports of Syphilis in Europe have been mostly debunked by peer reviewed research.
HOLD UP!…
I’ve heard from leftist academia - that Columbus PURPOSELY brought syphilis over here to WIPE OUT the natives so he could steal their gold and land!…
What up with THIS?!?!?