A great explorer, a fine sailor, a lousy governor
Tom, some of the people whose feelings about Columbus are hostile see him not as a symbol of Western civilization, but as an agent of slavery, which he practiced as governor of Hispaniola.
If you believe that Western civ is the beacon of the world, you have to look at everything its light illuminates. Some of it was ugly.
Me, I think he was a great guy, as long as he was aboard ship. You have a point. So do the others.
Regards--
Mary Anne