Do u believe Christopher Columbus should be celebrated ? 🤔 ⛵

Well they say he was a drunk who abused women and stole jewelry. Wait a minute.
Today is Christopher Columbus Day.
But because of the latest discovery about him in the US we call this Indigenous People day. How do you feel about that 🤔
Should Christopher Columbus be celebrated at all. The banks and post offices are closed now. Gee thanks Chris.
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FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

He was an adventurer who changed the world. That's a fact. You can add other facts. But the facts are the facts.

calicuz · 56-60, M

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays

How did he change the world?

FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

@calicuz Where would native Americans be without horses? Where would the Irish be without potatoes?

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Zonuss · 46-50, M

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays Native American already had horses. And they had plenty of food. 🙂

FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

@Zonuss I stand corrected!

Columbus didn't introduce them

The original theory accepted by the Western World was that there were no horses in the Americas prior to Columbus’ arrival in 1492. The Western World concluded that all horses of Native American peoples were, therefore, descendants of horses brought from overseas.

This theory was forced to change, however, after paleontology pioneer Joseph Leidy discovered horse skeletons embedded in American soil in the 1830s. They were dated to be the oldest of any found in the world. According to Collin’s dissertation, the American scientific community was outraged and questioned his findings. Ultimately, they were forced to accept the evidence he provided.