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Climate Change Is Opening Sea Route to Asia that Columbus Was Looking For
Christopher Columbus might be the most famous man who’s remembered for utterly bungling his original mission. The Italian-born explorer was obsessed with the idea of finding a direct sea route to Asia to help his Spanish benefactors dominate the spice trade. But instead he landed in “The New World,” kicking off an era of brutal European colonization that leads many to question why we want to have a whole day dedicated to him in the first place.
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