The above wonderful lithograph is by Georg Scharf, based on a watercolor painted by English geologist Henry De la Beche in 1830, based in turn largely on fossils discovered by Mary Anning, the self-taught paleontologist whom I read about at age nine, as previously discussed in yesterday’s brief post regarding Christopher Colombus. “Duria Antiquior” is…
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The Columbus Myth Myth
I’m too lazy to link to any of the many articles commenting on the culture wars swirling around Mr. European Hegemonist himself, Christopher Columbus. But I would like to complain, a little, about the myth of the Columbus myth. We are taught that we were taught that Christopher Columbus was a great and good man…