[jim35]

The more I learn about Columbus, the less I like him. I was happier when all I knew about him was that he discovered America.

Damned historians, and their big mouths.

[decimon]

The more I learn about Columbus, the less I like him.

Probably not the nicest fellow ever. But then, there may not have been too many nice fellows back when life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Always be certain that the information is coming from a true historian and is not the interpretation of a revisionist historian whose goal is to turn you against people who should be revered.

I’m not saying that is the case here. But don’t ever doubt the desire of the Left to turn everyone against their past if it is not Marxist in some way, shape, or form.

[Senator Goldwater]

The more I learn about Columbus, the less I like him.

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He was pretty damn resourceful for being as far astray as he was in 1506, or whenever it was.

There is much to admire about his courage and his place in history, as for many of the explorers and pioneers.

[underbyte]

Everybody knows it was the Chinese that discovered America in 1421

http://www.1421.tv/pages/maps/1418.htm