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Columbus: A Great Discoverer or Villain

A national holiday celebrating achievements of an individual reflects a nation's appreciation for that person's deeds. Christopher Columbus's Day is an official national holiday in the United States of America. However, a careful examination of Columbus' expeditions and his methods of settlement in the so-called New World should change the nation's opinion about the necessity of the holiday. In my way of thinking, Columbus' arrival to the Indies has brought destruction and death. His motives, such as prosperity by means of exploiting the native population, were immoral, and therefore I cannot accept the idea of celebrating Columbus' Day as a National Holiday.
Columbus is credited with finding the new world, but did he really discover it? In my opinion, it is not possible to discover land that was already there, occupied by native people. When Columbus claimed to be a founder of the new land, he did not take in consideration a very......

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