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Columbus was a fraud, until his death in early 1500s.
His titles, riches, power, etc at the time were directly tied to his having found a shortcut to The Indies. He stood to pay major penalties for being wrong. Instead, he insisted that it was in fact everyone else who can't read a map, and not him.
Of course members of this administration would consider him a hero.