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Discovering Ourselves

In recent popular culture Christopher Columbus has largely gone from hero to zero, but who was he really?

Therra Cathryn Gwyn
Oct 10, 2021
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Columbus Day is coming up. You might even get the day off to celebrate. Here’s why.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) got paid and paid well to travel. Pretty cool job, being an explorer backed by a monarchy. Who wouldn’t want that gig?

Good for you, Chris.

He made four trips across the Atlantic from Spain, in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502.

Ostensibly his main …

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