In recent years; the enemies of Christopher Columbus have succeeded in damaging; if not demolishing; his historical reputation. Today; Columbus is seen not as a hero but as an inept sailor turned brutal conqueror; and his voyage is taught as the opening assault in a genocidal campaign by cruel imperialists bent on exterminating the peaceful natives who inhabited an idyllic wilderness in harmony with the environment. In this highly controversial book; Thomas Bowden challenges all of these assumptions. As he says in his introductory comments; "The real victim of the incessant attacks on Christopher Columbus is Western civilization itself."
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