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Columbus went on a great slave raid in the Americas in 1495. It is believed
that Columbus took up to fifteen hundred native American people to become
slaves. Men, women, and children were gathered up and sent to cages where
Columbus picked five hundred of the healthiest ones to send back to Spain.
During the trip back to Spain, two hundred of the captives died en route*.
The ones who made it to Spain were sold into slavery by the church.
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So, now we know that Christopher Columbus was not a brave pioneer
who went to a new world () discovery and fame, but a person who was
looking to make himself rich. He ( ) to the Americas looking for gold.
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but he found a people who he sold into slavery for his own profit. Not quite
the hero the history books made him out to be, wouldn't you say?
(注)en route 途中で
下線部(1)"all across” の意味に最も近いものは次のどれか。 解答番号は
