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A lot of misinformation regarding Columbus’s supposed achievements came from the first popularized “biography” written by Washington Irving in 1828. You may not recognize Irving’s name but there's a really good chance you’ve heard of one of his other works: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Historians have long since eviscerated his ‘historical’ account of Columbus but the damage was done and the story stuck. So what exactly did Irving get wrong?

Irving's misunderstanding begins when Columbus was trying to finance his initial voyage. Columbus went to every royal who could afford the upfront capital, but like a microwave with a baby setting on Shark Tank, his investment opportunity was turned down every time. While historians have concluded this was due to the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, Irving had another theory. He believed Columbus alone knew the Earth was round and everyone else was just stupid

During the earliest days of the American Revolution, General Washington believed that "c. soldiers’ short enlistment periods doomed colonial chances of victory", since he knew that the prospects of the US winning an early victory were slim.