Christopher Columbus: Life and Voyages in the Age of Exploration

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Considering both the atrocities he committed and their long-term effects, and his accomplishments, do you think Columbus Day should be celebrated?

[@mkgee4239]

No. Columbus was a racist, genocidal, enslaving, colonising rapist devil.

[@pole_barn_builder]

100%

[@evildego]

Whether or not someone should be celebrated is typically a matter of perspective. But the modern woke, marxist, extreme left, in their crusade to erase history simply because its inconvenient or filled with events and issues that do not align with modern morals and understanding should be rejected and destroyed.

[@blu3_enjoy]

Yes

[@jonathancobb3522]

was he bad: yes should he be forgotten: no if history is forgotten it is doomed to repeat itself

[@mikehelton1453]

Yes. Columbus should be celebrated as a great explorer because he organized and led a new migration across the ocean which was not advised and he thus broke the bind to the "Old World" and old ways. Sailing in the ocean directly away from land was a very fearful way to go. He brought the realization that there was new land to discover, explore and use - the history of human migration. Sure - these trips precipitated many horrible and disgusting treatments of the indigenous people and we should learn from that. In hind-sight he should have explored the way these people live and brought that to the Old World instead of insisting on gold, etc.

[@rso1411]

Well stated.

[@tamraashley5917]

A lot of words dut all good

[@hidanhyuga]

He was completely lost so not that great of an explorer . The idea of new lands to explore was already a part the "old world". As stated in the video with the vikings visit.. new lands to use? Sure.. we'll give him that.. the "discovery" of the "new world" would have happened anyways in most likely less violent ways had his journey not have been so rushed and so closely preceded by the christian's war against the moors... So no.. no reason to celebrate him..

[@mikehelton1453]

@@hidanhyuga I think you have missed the whole point of what Columbus did and what he added to the human civilization. He went against the way to sail in the ocean by sailing directly away from land. In those days ocean sailing was always to keep in sight of land for navigation. Those who went against this practice either did not return or if they did, they had horrific stories to tell - i.e. -- nearly falling off the edge of the Earth, monsters, unbelievable storms, etc.. You should judge a person in the time period they lived in - not in our time or any other time period. So, Columbus was like Trump on steroids and it took a strong personality to make a change in the realization that you could sail directly away from land. He should indeed be celebrated for the good that he did - a true change in the way people perceived the way to sail the ocean.

[@IronChaos-sw1bo]

"Disgusting"

[@rso1411]

Very informative and interesting. Thank you for posting. Good Job.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks, Jerry!

[@tamraashley5917]

Bro she is lieing like pls no stop posting

[@rso1411]

@@tamraashley5917 Please state facts instead of just accusations. What lies did she tell?

[@mohammedsuleiman3680]

Please NEVER stop making these fantastic lessons ❤️❤️

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@animpastaishere6466]

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Yes we love your videos

[@tamraashley5917]

No stop making these videos there full of lies like seriesly Its so easy to see the lies like come on people literily stop Stop falling for these lies come on lol😂

[@tamraashley5917]

😮

[@anthonydecastro6938]

careful now... pursue that line of interrogation and the ground on which you stand (being Australian, right?) will crumble. there is no colonization project in history that was pacific; there was always conflict, oppression, injustice, etc.

[@starkilr101]

You’re not wrong. Everyone did it. There aren’t any sides that are innocent

[@anthonydecastro6938]

@@starkilr101 Indeed, but some more harshly than others.

[@isabellaleavines5918]

Honesty in school they dont teach you the right things and its just sad

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

We agree...

[@robertotapia8086]

Honest question can you do a video on the good things that came about or things he did personally and not his crew.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Hi! Thanks for your feedback. We'll take it into consideration.

[@travisashley2904]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing!

[@user-bk5pb2px9k]

Kids today won't even get a driver's license so....good job Columbus

[@wikilee8928]

No solid evidence proved Amerigo Vespucci had even set foot on North America either. Europeans imagined he did by reading his novels.

[@jjpr693]

It is incredible that nowadays this so called historian still believe in the black legend design by the British. She should learn a little bite of history of Spain different that those written by British historians. She should compare the treatment of the India’s by the Spaniards and the laws given by the Spanish monarchy since the very beginning of the conquest and what the British have done everywhere they have been.

[@kevinorr2641]

It's cool, don't worry about what anyone else did because the British acted British....

[@jzblue345]

Old news we know who discovered North America.

[@evildego]

No, Columbus didn't discover North America. Also, no, Amerigo Vespucci is not what or who the American content is named from. This is misconception that continues to be perpetuated by mainstream academia. Robert Sepehr is one of many individuals, right here on KZbin, who has explained this.

[@notnero5280]

He discovered the West Indies, which is a subregion of North America.

[@impeachsocialism]

@@notnero5280 he didn’t discover cra@p. He murdered the Taino and caribs. Hopefully he’s boiling in hot excrement

[@alicerivierre]

Yeah, Columbus didn't discover anything; he just got lost.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for watching.

[@escherita]

In the past people behaved more animal-like. Emotional, trusting and brutal. Aztecs were like this and so were Europeans. If you want a fictional analogy think about theon greyjoy. What was his childhood on Iron Islands like? It was brutal, so he was brutal. Same with people in the past. As time goes by we evolve, which may mean becoming more like AI.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@escherita]

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia you're welcome

[@Gatorfan12e]

Are we really any less violent though? I think one of the most common mistakes that civilizations make is that we frequently look down at those who came before us as savages rather than realize that they're much more like us than we'd like to admit.

[@dakotaaikman2167]

No he did bad things but discovered America 🇺🇸 but still no

[@amongthethorns8788]

I am of the opinion that history should be historical, your ideological leanings twisted the facts into outright lies on multiple occasions. Not impressed.

[@tamraashley5917]

Yes yes yes yes my guy were alike 😂 lol

[@blu3_enjoy]

What the fuck is this

[@Bisamberg]

Wokest introduction - why use CE. If deluded and you want to avoid AD, why just saying the unqualified year. Are you just a sore/poor and pension-less-bound person?

[@tamraashley5917]

What the hell is one your shert 😡:/ wtf bro😡

[@tamraashley5917]

I dont like school dut im only whaching this for school and your shert is giving me bad vids bro never wer that shert agin please pretty please and im bad at spelling just so u no pls like my comment😖

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Erm, it's the Egyptian goddess Isis.

[@escritch77]

He didn't discover shit

[@brandonboys6108]

the biggest risk you ever took was writing this comment

[@user-bd1hw4yh9p]

@@brandonboys6108 Haha

[@alicerivierre]

So true. Columbus didn't discover shit.

[@osspartans6096]

You would not be standingwhere you are and breathing right now if it wasnt for his discoveries in the New World. Your genes and my genes go back to European countries. There were no Eurpeans here in America before Columbus. Think about that!!

[@richameninhat2798]

Respect. This was informative and concise

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

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