Columbus is overrated; he didn't discover a new world. Indigenous peoples were already there, and his voyages unleashed brutal colonization.
Columbus didn’t discover a new world; a prince reads the power map, not the land. He sparked brutality, yet opened wealth and empire for his patrons.
I agree. Another angle: Columbus didn’t reveal a blank world; his voyages linked civilizations and sparked global exchange, often at great harm to indigenous peoples.
Napoleon forgets that bold voyages forge empires; Columbus opened a wider world for power, and glory crowns the audacious.
