Christopher Columbus Was Such A Jerk That Even Spain Turned Against Him
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
For decades in the West, Christopher Columbus was often inaccurately portrayed as a pioneering explorer, his life, times and crimes sanitized in the public record. Schoolchildren learned rhymes about this individual, and in the US he was given an official holiday. However, the activities of the real Christopher Columbus fall far short of the image children were taught growing up. In fact, Columbus was such a dirtbag that, eventually, even the Spanish Crown turned against him.
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| 1:49.2 | Here's a golden oldie, many of us will instantly remember. In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He |
| 2:12.6 | had three ships and left from Spain. He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain, and it goes on and on |
| 2:20.3 | and on. It's not terribly historically accurate. It's about a guy named Christopher Columbus, or at |
| 2:27.1 | least that's how we say the name of Christopher Balecolone in English. Hi, I'm Ben. Ben, I'm know. This |
| 2:33.3 | isn't about Chris Columbus who directed the Home Alone movies. This is not. No, this is not. That guy |
| 2:38.8 | succeeded despite the nominative determined as a working against him. We've got to say this is |
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