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Yep, lotsa myths surrounding Columbus and his discovery. When he got here he found stoneage savages, no wheel, no beast of burden, no metal, no written language. The Aztecs were practicing canibalism and human sacrifice on a grand scale. Columbus knew the world was round (actually, spereoid) and so did many others back before the birth of Christ. Eratosthenes actually calculated how far it was around Earth more than 200 years before the birth of Christ. Columbus' estimate was way off.

 

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Or someone from China.

 

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Makes me wonder if Columbus Day is celebrated at the post office on the reservation.

 

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What should we learn from them. They were generally a pretty violent, backward bunch.

 

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This idylic image of Indians is mostly BS. The Indians we have today a very similar to what they were 500 years ago.

 

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When Cortez was in Mexico he described the human sacrifice and canibalism as worse than any slaughterhouse in Sevile.

 

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You forget that Cortez had lotsa help from the folks the Aztec were subjugating.