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<span>They both regulated banking and finance</span>
Yes, enslaved individuals were brought to the British North American colonies and the United States by the African slave trade before it was outlawed in 1808.
I would say that Christopher Columbus was influenced by the travels of Marco Polo.
He was greatly inspired by his travels and wanted to become as famous as Polo was as an explorer, and eventually, he did follow in his footsteps. Polo's travels changed the European perception of the Asian world, and as you know, Columbus also wanted to go to Asia, but he ended up in America.
