2017-12-10

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Knowing Better

Acknowledging the Past | Columbus in Context - /youtube/video/bEHMzhtwgMI

Columbus is a controversial historical figure who is widely viewed as terrible. Every year we question whether we should continue to have a day to celebrate his discovery. But as with most stories, his bad deeds have been exaggerated to make him fit the role of a villain.

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Adam Ruins Everything - Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron | truTV - https://youtu.be/k8PQXiJiLOY

DED Talks: Why Christopher Columbus Was History's Biggest Dick - https://youtu.be/kx6DpWgLt2g

Why The Right Is So Dishonest About American History - Some News (Thanksgiving, Football) - https://youtu.be/Ek0195TInzs

Christopher Columbus: Bankrupting an Empire - https://youtu.be/ig5VQK1BjDg

The Truth About The Native American Genocide - https://youtu.be/WNHKDJzgqJg

Mankind: The Story of All of Us, Episode 7, "New World"

F**k Christopher Columbus - https://youtu.be/ROvy_B5iDzA

Original Manuscripts and Transcripts of Columbus's Journals in Spanish, from Bartolome de las Casas:

https://books.google.com/books?id=nS6kRnXJgCEC

A note on putting this into Google Translate: Since this is 500 year old Spanish, they use spellings that have changed over time.

English Translations of Columbus' Journals:

http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/columbus.html

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/diarioofchristophercolombus.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3892

http://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-062.pdf

Italian Translation of Columbus' Journals:

http://docenti.lett.unisi.it/ftp_blog/greppi_claudio/Modulo%20A%202007-08/testi/COLOMBO.pdf

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies:

http://www.columbia.edu/~daviss/work/files/presentations/casshort/

Delaney, C. L. (2013). Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem. London: Duckworth.

https://books.google.com/books?id=3pkbGQs2vnoC

[Columbus Letter describing Terrestrial Paradise]

Holmstrom, D. (1992, October 9). Discovering Columbus After 500 Years. Christian Science Monitor.

[ARE Source: 1542 Taino Population]

Kolbert, E. (2002, October 14). The Lost Mariner. Retrieved December 01, 2017, from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/10/14/the-lost-mariner

[ARE Source: Pear-shaped/Breastlike Protuberance]

Leardo, G. (1453). #242 The Leardo World Maps . Retrieved December 01, 2017, from http://cartographic-images.net/Cartographic_Images/242_Leardo_World_Maps.html

[World Maps Oriented with East/Paradise on Top]

Markham, C. R. (1893). The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his first voyage 1492-93): and documents relating the voyages of John Cabot and Caspar Corte Real.

https://books.google.com/books?id=MggkDwAAQBAJ

[Toscanelli Letters to Columbus]

Schilling, V. (2017, October 09). 8 Myths and Atrocities About Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day. Retrieved December 1, 2017, from https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/events/8-myths-and-atrocities-about-christopher-columbus-and-columbus-day/

[ARE Source: 1492 Taino Population]

Thacher, J. B. (1903). Christopher Columbus: His life, His works, His remains. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons.

https://books.google.com/books?id=7yUSAAAAYAAJ

[Bartolome de las Casas did not travel with Columbus]

Zerubavel, E. (2005). Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America. New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction.

https://books.google.com/books?id=YkLCiKN0x4UC

["Hitherto Unknown" Continent/Cuba SE of Asia]

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"Furious Freak" and "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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