No One Trusts the Weatherman
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