The Columbian foundation myth

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• The retrospective history in general of the Caribbean as a whole

• First contact and Christopher Columbus

Examining the reputation of Christopher Columbus

By Jack Weatherford, Baltimore Evening Sun, 1989. Christopher Columbus' reputation has not survived the scrutiny of history, and today we know that he was no more the discoverer of America than Pocahontas was the discoverer of Great Britain.

Columbus Day Protest

From Marc Becker, 30 September 1991. Reasons not to celebrate Columbus Day. The grade school image of Columbus as a hero is not simply naive; it is wrong.