Columbus is often thought of as a heroic explorer who discovered the new world. But in my opinion he is everything but that. In an article about changing the name of columbus day it says “american indian people have been on this continent for 10,000 years, and scientists have proven numerous other explorer were here first”(petition to abolish columbus day). Columbus was said to have discovered the new world. But this proves that in fact, it wasn't him who discovered this land. In a picture painted of the landing of columbus, it shows columbus leading a group with sword in hand while indians cowered in the background. This picture portrays him as a hero but when you look closely, you realise that he is invading on the indians land and they
