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Position:Home>History> What do you think of when you hear Christopher Columbus and 1492?Question: What do you think of when you hear Christopher Columbus and 1492!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: slave traderWww@QuestionHome@Com "Chris Columbus crossed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred ninety two" LOL a poem they taught us in grade school to remember years in history class!. Now I think of the large amount of undue credit Columbus recieves in regards to "discovering" the new world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I see him arriving at the shore on one of the American Islands leaning on one foot with his hands on his waist with a wide smile showing success and a big ship behind him and a lot of semi naked natives surprised holding their bows, arrows etc and asking for explanation in their own language/dialectWww@QuestionHome@Com Discovery of the 'New World'!. Most attribute the discovery of America, but it was in fact islands in the Caribbeans!.Www@QuestionHome@Com An Italian who thought he was in India, and subsequently was taken back to Spain in chains for abusing the natives!.Www@QuestionHome@Com the end of one civilization and the beginning of another oneWww@QuestionHome@Com A holiday I never get off!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |