Based on source A , was the legacy of Columbus positive or negative ? Explain. SECONDARY SOURCE A
Samuel Eliot Morison
Morison, a strong supporter of
Columbus, laments that the sea captain
died without realizing the true;
greatness of his deeds.
One only wishes that the Admiral
might have been afforded the sense of
fulfillment that would have come from
foreseeing all that flowed from his
discoveries; that would have turned all
the sorrows of his last years to joy. The
whole history of the Americas stems
from the Four Voyages of Columbus;
and as the Greek city-states looked
back to the deathless gods as their
founders, so today a score of
independent nations and dominions
unite in homage to Christopher, the
stout-hearted son of Genoa, who
carried Christian civilization across the
Ocean Sea.
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