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Nowadays much of what people know about Christopher Columbus is simply not true. When discussing historical figures, it’s important to distinguish what they actually did, what their contemporaries did, and what is myth. An article from the Knights of Columbus magazine Columbia does a good job addressing the most prevalent myths: https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/columbia/2020/september/five-myths-about-columbus.html

Painted by Sebastiano del Piombo, this painting claims to be of Christopher Columbus, though it was painted several years after Columbus died.

Painting of Christopher Columbus arriving in America from the Capitol Rotunda (the Capitol building of the United States in America in Washington, D.C., just to be clear)