#13: Columbus’s Exploration of the Americas
Recent discussions surrounding Christopher Columbus have shed light on his controversial encounters with Indigenous Americans. However, it’s often overlooked that Norse explorers had already reached the Americas 500 years before Columbus’s voyage.
Columbus himself never ventured north of Havana or west of Honduras, casting doubt on his supposed discovery of the entirety of the American continent. These nuances challenge the traditional narrative of Columbus as the sole pioneer of the New World and prompt reevaluation of the complexities surrounding early European exploration and colonization in the Americas.