Problem 1: What strikes you the most about the way Christopher Columbus is mythologized in American History? What curiosities or questions do you have about as a history?
Problem 2: Based on Columbus letter describing the results of his first voyage, what were Columbus motivations for writing the letter? As one of the first widely available accounts of the New World what is the significance of this primary source?
Problem 3: How should accurately cover and contextualize problematic?