The Chronicle of Higher Education

Look Ma, 2 Hands!

Move over Columbus. The other Christopher from the age of American exploration, Christopher Newport, now has his own statue. Some, however, are calling it historically inaccurate.

Famed as the captain of the Susan Constant, one of three ships to sail to Jamestown, North America's first permanent English settlement, Newport is believed to have lost...

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