• Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      And according to Spanish history, Columbus wasn’t the one that did the enslaving. After settling and making a small base he returned with news and then the conquerors went for war, the most notorious figure being Hernan Cortez.

      It’s crazy the amount of Columbus hate I read on american websites and no mention of Cortez, who was way way worse.

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            3 hours ago

            Not by conquistador standards, conquistadors weren’t a thing when he died. He was the Caribbean governor and conquistadors conquered the rest of americas some years after he died.

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              1: Would you agree that the Spanish systemically conquered the Caribbean islands to establish the base of operations they needed to expand on the mainland?

              2: What does conquistador directly translate as?

              3: Was Columbus specifically removed because he was bad even by the other conquered islands’ standards?