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Part Two: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apocalypse

Behind the Bastards

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Columbus - A Show of Modern Arms

With the santa maria sunk, columbus doesn't have space on his boats to take all his people back to spain. But when the cacique offers him a home on the island, the admiral is like, we'll wait a second. So he's like, i'm building a fortress. Even thouh i don't really need one, righty? I coul conquer it without one. He described them as cowardly and beyond hope of cure. A carol delane writes that the men he left behind were just superjazzed for the opportunity. While once his men had desperately feared they would not be able to return to spain, they now began

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