There's really not a lot know about the guy, except that we was Genoese, and his stint as Governor of the new Spanish colonies were so brutal that the King of Spain had him arrested and removed, which is mind boggling considering the reputation of brutality of the Kings of Castille.
As for me, I think of 1492 in terms of the expulsion of the Jews and the Spanish Inquisition, not Columbus' first trip.
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