Columbus Day Research Paper

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October 9th is the day a holiday day celebrated by many people, this holiday is “Columbus day”. But should this really be celebrated?. In 1942 Christopher Columbus set out on a journey, he was credited for discovering a new land. The Americas the “new world” but really he was just given the credit of “discovering” a land that has had Native Americans living in it for thousands of years. Is that really a discovery? In an article about Christopher Columbus’s legacy it states “Christopher Columbus did not “discover” the Americas, nor was he even the first European to visit the “New World.” (Viking explorers had sailed to Greenland and Newfoundland in the 11th century.)”. so not only did columbus get credit for a discovery he never made but