Columbus Misconceptions

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Columbus had buccaneer qualities

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The misconceptions of Christopher Columbus

• thought the world was flat ~ the spherical earth had been uncovered for 2000 years
• discovered America ~ actually it was the archipelago of the Bahamas and Hispaniola
• introduced syphillis to Europe ~ was already a worldwide disease
• died in poverty ~ was financially comfortable but his family's successful Pleitos colombinos netted them property and Crown riches after his death
• blundered discoverer ~ actually discovered lower-latitude easterlies and higher-latitude westerlies sailing trade winds