This sentence highlights the question of whether the benefits of imperialism and colonialism justified the negatives that concurrently appeared after the discovery of the Indies. Although the New World provided Europe with conveniences and luxuries, in addition to improvements in a variety of fields of knowledge and technologies, Raynal debated whether these benefits were worth the cost at which they came and criticized the enterprises that arose after the discovery of the New World. Mentioning the “destroyed” lives in addition to those that would inevitably be sacrificed, Raynal, in particular, criticized the human cost of the discovery. The New World was a dangerous place for Europeans and many died there; in the 17th century, Brébuf wrote,
