Growing up in Lima, I heard the mythologized story of Columbus “discovering” America (the continent, sorry US) a million times: In a leap of faith, Queen Isabel of Spain sold her Crown jewels to finance a daring explorer’s expedition to unknown lands. Nobody believed in him, but Columbus persevered, proving everyone wrong and discovering a land no one else knew … Continue reading The Discovery of Europe: Exploring De/Post/Anti-Colonial Thought through Caroline Dodds Pennock’s “On Savage Shores”