gutter_trash
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Rediscovering the Americas was an inevitability due to the wind sailing patterns off the coast of West Africa.Whether or not he lucked out when discovering America for Spain is irrelevant.
Without his voyage of stupidity, there would be no America as we know it. His impact cannot be ignored.
Of course this has nothing to do with the statue argument, I just wanted to correct you in trying to dismiss the impact of Columbus.
The Portuguese were circling the African continent to get to India (they got to India),
A bounce off West Africa got them to Brazil quickly
To say that Europeans would have never rediscovered the Americas is untrue.
They got overly competitive during the " Age of Exploration "