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Columbus' own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start

Columbus' own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start
Phys.org Tuesday 06 October 2026, 15:40 UTC 1 min read
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Few historical figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a "new world." He is reviled by others who see him as an arrogant conqueror: the first European to enslave Indigenous Americans and the man who launched ecological destruction in the Western Hemisphere.

Few historical figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a "new world." He is reviled by others who see him as an arrogant conqueror: the first European to enslave Indigenous Americans and the man who launched ecological destruction in the Western Hemisphere.
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