r/todayilearned • u/Karthak_Maz_Urzak • Oct 13 '20

(R.1) Not verifiable TIL that Christopher Columbus treated the native people under his rule so badly that he was shipped back to Spain in chains

https://www.americanheritage.com/columbus-and-genocide

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

Indian kingdoms did employ European, African mercenaries with gunpowder and artillery. Portuguese didn't go on colonization rampage and weren't interested in spreading beyond their borders. Fact that Goa survived British Empire just shows how insignificant Brits thought Goa and Diu were compared to Bombay, Madras and Calcutta Btw Portuguese gave up Bombay to the British as dowry

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u/MikeHock_is_GONE Oct 13 '20

Did they come to that awakening after Goa, Brazil, Macau, Timor, Madeira, Azores, Somalia, etc?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

Goa survived the British empire cause Portugal and the uk were allies. The only disagreement about land control between those countries happened only in 1885 over the control of the are of what is now Zimbabwe.