Was Christopher Columbus A Bad Guy Or A Hero?

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Was Christopher Columbus a bad guy or a hero? Find out in this biography of Christopher Columbus. In many ways he was a bad guy to the Indians. But to Europe and the U.S. he was a noble guy. But what was his full story find out here!

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451. His first trips were trades in the Mediterranean sea. When he was 25 he took his first voyage. In his first voyage French privateers attacked, and burned his ship. He swam to the Portuguese shore, and a made his living in Lisbon. When Columbus was there he met Felipa Perestrello. They later married, and had a son named Diego. When his wife died he shortly moved to Spain. When Marco Polo published the book: The travels of Marco Polo. It was popular all around Europe. But
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