History Lists: Explorers Not Named Columbus - HISTORY

From John Cabot to Bartolomé de las Casas, learn more about notable explorers NOT named Christopher Columbus in this web exclusive.

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On Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the Americas, he enslaved the indigenous people and forced them to mine for gold.

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When Columbus made landfall in the Caribbean, he believed it to be Asia--his intended destination.

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Columbus used his celestial knowledge to scare native people into thinking a lunar eclipse was a sign of his angry god.

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