In fourteen hundred ninety two/ Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
He had three ships and left from Spain/ He sailed through sunshine wind and rain.
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Time was when sailor Christopher Columbus unequivocally discovered America but that was before the debate about his legacy recast him in school history books as the Italian explorer who more accurately raised and solidified European awareness of the Americas after arriving Oct. 12 1492 in what would become known as the Bahamas.
In short Columbus wasn't the first European to reach the Americas. But he made the most of it for better or worse. And that's where the Columbus Day debate continues including periodic calls to dump the holiday or modify it to something like Exploration Day.
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