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Columbus believed he would find 'blemmyes' and 'sciapods' – not people – in the New World

  • Written by Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Columbus believed he would find 'blemmyes' and 'sciapods' – not people – in the New WorldThe statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle, New York City.Zoltan Tarlacz/Shutterstock.com

In 1492, when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a fast route to East Asia and the southwest Pacific, he landed in a place that was unknown to him. There he found treasures – extraordinary trees, birds and gold.

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