Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer and navigator, completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the Spanish flag. These voyages initiated widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. Columbus's expeditions marked the first documented European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America, paving the way for significant cultural exchange and historical transformation.
In 1909, a 16th-century chapel from a Spanish castle reputedly owned by Diego Colón, was dismantled and moved from Spain to the Boal estate at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.
In 1913, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Eugene Osborne suggested that the discovered remains, believed to be Columbus's, travel through the Panama Canal as part of its opening ceremony.
In 1951, the Boal Mansion Museum was founded containing a collection of materials concerning later descendants of Columbus and collateral branches of the family.
In his 1960 monograph, Mexican philosopher and historian Edmundo O'Gorman explicitly rejects the Columbus discovery myth, arguing that the idea that Columbus discovered America was a misleading legend.
In 1992, Félix Fernández-Shaw argued that the word "discovery" prioritizes European explorers and suggested that the word "encounter" is more appropriate when describing Columbus's arrival to America.
In 1992, the remains believed to be Christopher Columbus's were moved to the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo Este.
In June 2003, DNA samples were taken from remains in Seville, as well as Columbus's brother and son, to verify the remains authenticity. Initial observations suggested that the bones did not appear to match Columbus's physique or age at death, however subsequent DNA and historical analysis confirmed that the remains belonged to Christopher Columbus.
In 2006, Frank C. Arnett and Charles Merrill published a paper proposing Christopher Columbus had reactive arthritis, suggesting it may have been caused by food poisoning during his voyages. Merrill also suggested Columbus was the son of Catalans, possibly from a converso family.
In 2006, Isabel Aguirre and Consuelo Varela published their book, La caída de Cristóbal Colón: el juicio de Bobadilla (The fall of Christopher Colón: the judgement of Bobadilla), based on the discovery of an incomplete copy of testimonies against Columbus and his brother Bartholomew gathered in 1500.
In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, many public monuments of Christopher Columbus were removed due to protests and riots.
In late 2020, genetic analysis suggested that the pre-Columbian population of Hispaniola was likely lower than previously estimated, perhaps as low as 10,000-50,000 for Hispaniola and Puerto Rico combined.
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