Columbus's log of his first encounter with the New World and its inhabitants reveals which of the following?
A) He wanted to profit from the land he had found by exploiting its natural resources, including its people.
B) He wanted to exterminate all Native Americans and completely destroy the cultures they had built.
C) He insisted that Europeans had come merely to observe, not to change, the cultures of the New World's native inhabitants.
D) He believed that his primary goal should be to Christianize the native inhabitants of the land he had found.

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Columbus's log reveals that he saw the New World as an opportunity for profit and exploitation, as he wrote extensively about the natural resources he found and potential for trade. He also saw the native inhabitants as a potential source of labor for European colonizers. There is no evidence that he wanted to exterminate Native Americans or destroy their cultures, and while he did express a desire to Christianize them, this was not his primary goal.

Columbus's Log of His First Encounter with the New World