How Christopher Columbus was etched into history books and the change to focus on the harm it caused
For an explorer from Genoa to have such an influence on North American, and specifically U.S., culture is quite remarkable given that the man never stepped foot onto land that would later become the United States. Here's how it all was written into the history books.
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