On this day over five hundred years ago, a swarthy Italian on behalf of the Castilian crown led three ships across the Atlantic on a journey of exploration to find a Western route to the Indies (China and India etc) but instead bumped into a whole new Hemisphere worth of previously undiscovered landmass inhabited by millions of people.
What is now known as Columbus Day might be one of the most important days in Human History and one would be hard pressed to find another single day in Human history that led to a greater impact on Humanity.
There's also the fact that what Columbus and the expedition he led accomplished. It was an incredible achievement of exploration. There have been numerous journies of exploration with even greater adversity but perhaps none that "discovered" so much plunging into the unknown.
Achievements like these deserve to be remembered and memorialized.
Also celebrating Columbus Day in no way downplays or ignores the ensuing suffering or genocide of Native Americans. It's a recognition of the achievement of Columbus Expedition which was extraordinary.
What is now known as Columbus Day might be one of the most important days in Human History and one would be hard pressed to find another single day in Human history that led to a greater impact on Humanity.
There's also the fact that what Columbus and the expedition he led accomplished. It was an incredible achievement of exploration. There have been numerous journies of exploration with even greater adversity but perhaps none that "discovered" so much plunging into the unknown.
Achievements like these deserve to be remembered and memorialized.
Also celebrating Columbus Day in no way downplays or ignores the ensuing suffering or genocide of Native Americans. It's a recognition of the achievement of Columbus Expedition which was extraordinary.
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