Christopher Columbus Hero Or Villain

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus hero or villain? I personal think he's both a hero and a villain in the sense that he was brave enough to sail across an uncharted ocean, but at the same time he enslaved and mutilated innocent natives.

He’s a hero for taking on the challenge to set out and find a new world that as unknown to the Europeans. While he may not have set foot on the shores of North America, he still found a new piece of land that was unknown to the Europeans. “He my never have reached Asia as planned, but one cannot discount the sheer will required to make his journey. At the age of 41, he defied naysayers across Europe and led four voyages across an uncharted ocean in wooden sailing ships that were not designed to

Because he struck a lucrative deal with the Spanish. “Christopher Columbus stood to gain wealth and power for his voyages.” “It was also stated that Columbus could keep 10% of any merchandise whether is be pearls, gold ,silver, spices and other objects.” “Columbus may indeed have had noble intentions when he sailed west, but his agreement with Spain suggests his intentions were far from selfless.”

He was also villainous, when he first set foot in Hispaniola. he encountered some native people there called the Taino. He then “enslaved the native people and mutilated them.” “They were forced into slavery and punished by a loss of limb or death for not collecting enough gold.” Between the way they were treated and the harsh and brutal conditions they went through and the combination of the infectious diseases the Taino population was decimated.

I think that he became villainous after his first couple of voyages. He was arrested by the Spanish government. For the mistreatment of Spanish colonist in Hispaniola. Including the flogging (beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment or torture) and the executions without trial. Columbus who was the Governor of the territory was arrested and chained up and brought back to Spain. He admitted to king Ferdinand and queen Isabella that many of the accusations were true. Columbu was stripped of his title of