CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
HIGH ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEAS
Just a little more than 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus’s tiny fleet of three ships sliced through the waves of the waters off of the Greater Antilles. Who was this man and why did he feel compelled to take this voyage into the vast unchartered waters?
Is he the person we we told about in school? What mistakes did he make and what are the controversies that taint his name in much of the world?