Ignore the Haters, Columbus Is Still the Most Consequential Sailor Ever

How a Seafaring-Scholar From Florida Confirmed His Status as 'The Great Navigator'

Oct 03, 2023

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**This Columbus “wanted poster”** is typical of the kinds of memes that get traction around the increasingly unfashionable holiday dedicated to the Genoese mariner.

We’ve come to that time of year again. Columbus Day has morphed into Columbus-bashing day, a celebration of self by indoctrinated individuals signaling virtue. As I have noted before, Columbus-ha…

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