Monday, October 11, 2004

Patrick W. Gavin: Rethinking Columbus Day

Patrick W. Gavin: Rethinking Columbus Day
"What makes Columbus's voyage unique isn't that he was the first to bump into America, but that he was the first (thanks to the powerful and wealthy monarchy backing him) to be able to take advantage of his trip by colonizing the new land for imperial gain. He wasn't the first to discover it, but he was the first to discover it for the people that mattered at the time: Europe."

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