Columbus was a significant man as he served the Americas and Spain well, and he linked the two worlds, one of the most important links in history. It is stated Columbus massacred the Taino, but there’s no plausible evidence that he did, that was a part of his legacy some may say. He linked the two worlds and started the great Columbian Exchange. The two lands had a strong link and a trading connection that lasted centuries continuing today. Thus, Columbus was not a negative man in history it’s just that Spaniards saw what Columbus did in the wrong way and started a conflicting connection with the Americas and Spain. They both had a strong trading link and whereas a ,“wrongly waging cruel and bloody wars.”(Las Casas 1542). This is thought because 40 years after Columbus, Spaniards started massacring the Indians in the Americas (Las …show more content…
That connection was his legacy which led to the world there is today. One should know about this because it caused them to be living where they are living. If it were not for him, the world today would be in a different setting. By the time someone else found the Americas, many new unimaginable things may have happened. All in all, one would not be where they are if it were not for the great