Few historical figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a "new world. " He is reviled by others who see him as an arrogant conqueror: the first European to enslave Indigenous Americans and the m...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-columbus-reveal-tightly-religion-conquest.html)

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