If you thought back to the first things you ever learned about the history of America, the one that jumps out is that Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America in 1492. While the date is correct, we later learned when our study of history became more scholarly that there is some dispute about whether Columbus discovered America at all. So what is the real legacy that this legend of Columbus has given to the American culture that has made him such a revered figure in cultural history?

A brief description of Columbus’s journey to a New World.

Video analysis on Columbus.

Christopher Columbus dreamed of being an explorer and at age twenty five, he accomplished his dream.

America was a country of unimagined beauty when these three little ships came scudding through a clear moon filled night in 1492.