Is Columbus the monster people say he was? I’ve heard the claims, that he raped and pillaged. He fed Native American babies to dogs. I don’t necessarily doubt these things, but where are the primary sources? How do we know these things? Also, I feel like a lot of what the Catholic Church was doing at the time gets attributed to Columbus. For example, was it him that decided we have rights to any lands not colonized by Christians, or the Church? Or his government? 

I know Columbus’s journals have some oft cited quotes that I think are taken out of context a times.

Thanks!