The “discovery” of the Americas was inevitable. Had not Columbus been the first in 1492 it would have been someone else soon after. Concerning Europeans bringing diseases, etc, to the Western Hemisphere; again, this was inevitable as medical science had not progressed to a point to know how to prevent these diseases such as small pox, etc. Slavey, a common thing during that period by and against all races and cultures. In fact, Europeans were regularity captured and taken into slavery by Arabs and the practice continued until the demise of the Ottoman Empire (actually, still happening). Anyway, the lesson to be learned is to judge historical figures by the morales, customs, culture of their time and not by today’s....
Yeah but supposedly the Vikings discovered the America’s first, not Christopher Columbus