Lies My Teachers Told Me - Christopher Columbus

I find Loewen's argument convincing for many reasons. First off I do not buy the fact that textbooks are trying to sympathize with Columbus. This is due to the fact that the textbooks remain very factual for the most part, and do not show any biased opinions. Bentley and Ziegler do a good job of presenting Columbus since they show how he influenced global trade. Most textbooks ignore the fact that other explorers such as the Vikings may have reached Newfoundland America before Columbus did. The bias of many textbook is evident because they leave out the fact that ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians sailed around Africa and traded with the Canary islands before any other European explorer might have. However I do like how Bentley and Ziegler portray Columbus, because they are not as biased as most textbooks and they do mention the impacts of Columbus's voyage that were unintentional and intentional.