One of the most well known parts of American history is how Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean in 1492 and evidently discovered the Americas. Where some historians view Christopher Columbus as a heroic adventurer who forever changed history, where others view Christopher Columbus as a conqueror who was responsible for one of the world’s worst genocides. These two theories help prove the in all of history historians use subjective history. Subjective history is when history is shown from an opinionated or emotional stand point rather than what actually occurred. Subjective history is something all historians use to some degree considering it’s nearly impossible to record history with hundred percent accuracy. In Howard Zinn’s novel A People’s
