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He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did make land, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, and polluted relations between peoples. He endedā¦
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If you want to understand how both South America and the New World were ādiscoveredā by Europeans, which had nearly the same effect on Native Americans that a meteor did on the dinosaurs, thereās no better way to understand it than to journey along on Columbusā four voyages and be there when he and his crew set ashore. Columbus set foot on the northern part of South America on his third voyage, visiting the coast of what is now Venezuela. Bergreenās book does an admirable job of introducing you to the man whose voyages would ultimately affect millions of people.ā¦
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