The story of Christopher Columbus is that of discovery but more of destruction, his voyages proved to be fatal for the Natives of the entire continent. Christopher Columbus's "discovery" attracted the Spanish explorers and Portuguese explorers (slide 33/49). Almost 90% of the natives had perished(slide 44/49) due to the ddiseases introduced by these explorers. The diseases were due to the live stock that was brought with them because Animals Ccontained many different diseases. These were new diseases to the natives and their immune system could not adapt. The spanish were initially attracted to these new lands thinking it was connected with the asian sub continent in order to establish cheaper trade routes in 1492(slide 5/49). The issue however
