Description
This is a familiar story, retold countless times in schools across the continent: Christopher Columbus, famous explorer, discoverer of America! However, as is often the case, the actual history is deeper and much more complicated. Was the man from Genoa a gifted navigator or a reckless adventurer? A bringer of light and civilization or a destroyer of ancient cultures? This lecture explores Columbus in all his complexity, as he was in his historical moment, and as we see him from the 21st century.