Yep. Returned to Spain in chains, lost his governorship and lucrative deal with the Spanish crown, and only escaped real punishment because of a mixture of his closeness with the royals, and because finding Spain an entire continent to colonize, even by accident, was considered a valuable prior service.
Wasn’t he sanctioned on his return to Spain because even his own people at the time were like ‘no dawg, that was despicable’?
Yep. Returned to Spain in chains, lost his governorship and lucrative deal with the Spanish crown, and only escaped real punishment because of a mixture of his closeness with the royals, and because finding Spain an entire continent to colonize, even by accident, was considered a valuable prior service.
Sounds like a true American hero.