Keep the record within reach
Every gift helps put the words of the eyewitnesses back into the hands of students, families, and honest inquirers.
The historic record of Christopher Columbus survives in letters, journals, court documents, and chronicles written five centuries ago — much of it untranslated, out of print, or buried in archives most people will never visit.
The Columbus Legacy Foundation exists to bring that record into the open: translated, published, taught, and freely discussed. We are an independent nonprofit, and this work is made possible by the generosity of people who believe history should be settled by evidence, not by slogans. Your donation goes directly toward the efforts below.
What your donation supports
Translation & publication
Bringing the accounts of Columbus, Las Casas, Ferdinand Columbus, Dr. Chanca, Oviedo, Peter Martyr, Bernáldez, and other early chroniclers into accessible modern editions.
Curriculum & family resources
Study guides and teaching materials — including resources for parents — that help students engage the primary sources directly rather than secondhand summaries.
Lectures & public programs
Talks, seminars, and public events that restore the historical context of the Age of Exploration and model honest historical method.
Digital access & outreach
Free public access to historical documents online, and the social-media and media outreach that carries the record to the audiences where the myths currently go unanswered.
Make a gift
Online giving is coming soon. In the meantime, please reach out through the Foundation’s contact channels to give or to learn more about supporting a specific project — every contribution, of any size, advances the work.
The sources can speak for themselves — if someone keeps them in print
Five hundred years from now, the documents will still be the documents. Whether anyone can read them is up to us.