As much as what some of that article says is nonsense, I was not aware of Columbus being some kind of hero. It's quite known that as Governor of the West Indies, Colombus routinely tortured, killed and oppressed both the natives and the settlers under him; In the end he was also imprisoned for tyranny both in Hispanola and later Spain for quite a while before the King of Aragon released him and allowed him to go on his fourth voyage.
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