Answer the following questions in 100-150 words each according to the provided reading sources. Must be referenced each answer with the relevant source in APA. Must provide 100% original answer.
Questions:
1. Given the details in all of the reading assignments for this discussion do you believe that Christopher Columbus’s voyage and discovery of the New World outweighed the devastation and widespread diseases he and the European’s brought along with the discovery?
Sources:
1. 1493: Uncovering the New World Christopher Columbus Created
2. The Order Sons of Italy in America
2. How could the transatlantic exchange of goods initiated by Columbus play a role in the increase of slavery?
Sources:
1. Give Me Liberty! Pages 1-2, 21-22
2. Interview with Charles C. Mann, author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
3. Would including the Las Casas accounts in school curriculum take away from the significance of the Age of Exploration? Why or Why not?
Sources:
1. Kasum, Eric. Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery.
