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Firsthand Portraits Of Christopher Columbus
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Columbus gets talked about like everyone already knows the whole story, but most of what we hear is filtered through modern politics rather than firsthand history. We take a different approach and read descriptions of Christopher Columbus from people who actually knew him, including his son Ferdinand Columbus and the priest Bartolome de las Casas. The goal is not to pretend Columbus was perfect, but to replace lazy certainty with evidence, context, and a little humility.
Along the way, we talk about why present day culture so often judges the past with a double standard and…
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