The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas: New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire

Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Col...

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3rd Floor Main Library

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