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"For they were so near starvation that some wished to imitate the Caribs and eat the Indians they had aboard. Others, in order to economise the little food they had, were in favour of throwing the Indians overboard, which they would have done if the Admiral had not taken strict measures to prevent them. For he considered them as their kindred and fellow Christians, and held that they should be no worse treated'

'So you finally read a book and it's BS... walk in Columbus's shoes and see what we went through. People thought the Earth was flat for crying out loud. Then he lands on an islands with a bunch of naked savages on it, now that took a lot of guts... he discovered America is what he did. He was a brave Italian explorer, and in this house Christopher Columbus is a hero. End of story' Tony Soprano

Started with 1981 edition, read first chapter, realised this would be useless unless I read the 96 edition responding to Bell Curve, switched to that.

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