“discovery” of the Americas. It was
epoch-making because of the way in which Europe responded. Columbus’s
importance is therefore primarily attributable to changing conditions
in Europe, not to his having reached a “new” continent.”
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“In any case, humanism can hardly explain Columbus, since he and his
royal sponsors were devout orthodox Catholics, not humanists. The
American Way tells us, nonetheless, that Columbus ““had the humanist’s
belief that people could do anything if they knew…
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