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Every year in the United States we celebrate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus There has been an abundance of backlash towards Christopher Columbus due in our progressive environment The goal of this essay is to give a full and holistic view of who Christopher Columbus really was From his beginnings to his travels and finally to how he affected the Native Americans Christopher Columbus born Cristoforo Colombo was born in 1451 in Italy He was born to a middle class family his father Domenico Colombo a wool weaver and businessman and his mother Susanna Fontanarossa Columbus first set sail as a teenager by engaging in trading excursions in the Mediterranean On one of his voyages in 1476 to Portugal Columbus was aboard a commercial ship that was burned by French privateers He was forced to swim to the Portuguese shore
