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Christopher Columbus Geographical Influence

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Christopher Columbus the Italian explorer made a huge geographical influence known as the New World.

Explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451. His first voyage was in 1476 and he nearly died. Columbus participated in many other voyages to Africa. The voyage he took from Spain in 1492, on the Santa Maria would make a huge geographical influence.

Many people viewed Christopher Columbus as a villain. There are a lot of reasons they could view him as an villain, one being Columbus killed a lot of Native Americans. Columbus brought diseases to the New World which killed off a lot of them. Another reason would be he set up the stage for the slave trade.

At the same time, many people view Columbus as a hero. Although
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