Columbus brought diversity.
Before Columbus, indigenous peoples were killing other indigenous peoples. After Columbus, Europeans were also killing indigenous peoples. That's diversity.
Before Europeans came to the hemisphere there were about 80% more indigenous people.
Small pox is a bitch.
By the time we settled the US, it was practically empty.
It was not Columbus’ fault, per se. As Europeans travelled around the globe infections such as this were inevitable.
Before Europeans came to the hemisphere there were about 80% more indigenous people.
Small pox is a bitch.
By the time we settled the US, it was practically empty.
It was not Columbus’ fault, per se. As Europeans travelled around the globe infections such as this were inevitable.
Columbus was quite a guy. His only curse he ever uttered when angry was “God take you.”
When he reached the New World on his last voyage, he became stranded there for a period of time and when the natives declined to give him an his men any food to tide them over, he used the onset of a solar eclipse which he was able to predict due to tables available to Europeans, and the totally awed natives gave them the food he requested.
Also, the native were inclined to be quite friendly to him, as they were frequent victims to the cannabilistic and violent Carib tribe, who were feared by all natives of the area.