The American Mind
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The true story is far more interesting than leftist myths, says Frida Ghitis .
Ghitis: To blame Columbus for what the Spaniards did years after he died is like blaming the Wright brothers for the bombing of Rotterdam , Dresden , and London during World War II .
She says the Spanish monarchs gave Columbus permission to set off on a voyage to Asia after initially rejecting his proposal.
Historian Edward Bourne considered Columbus the first ethnographer of the New World .
Columbus found Hispaniola and made contact with the natives there.
The men were given strict orders to be on good terms with natives.
The crew even took a few natives who went willingly with them.
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