His greed blinded him to the fact that he had arrived not in the Orient, but in a New World..
Setting aside "greed" for a moment, how on earth could he have known he wasn't in some remote part of Asia without finding a Pacific Ocean on the other side?
The book says (after describing the first two voyages)....
"Columbus made two more voyages to the New World. In each instance he grew more greedy for gold and more brutal in his treatment of the people he called Indians. His savagery eventually led the monarchy to have him arrested and returned to Spain in chains. To the end Columbus refused to believe that he had discovered anything other than outlying parts of Asia"
Thats it, then the narrative moves on.
No mention of complaining colonists or the hanging of the same, nor of that fourth voyage being AFTER his arrest and release.
I think we all agree this part could use a re-write (I have the fifth edition).
Birdwatcher
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
