>>212814688Your ignorance betrays you, you're not addressing a fellow american. Said "diplomacy" was often leaving able-bodied men of the conquered coasts hand and earless. Those accomplishments you've mentioned were of note, but they left a rather small footprint in history, apart from cartography (greatly improved upon by others). The biggest contribution I can think of is the romanization of the vietnamese language, and even then it was a jesuit, which I consider to be their own thing, separate from Portuguese ambitions.
>Every European country preyed on the helpless, what are you talking about?I specifically said nobl-er referring to the Spanish. They also committed atrocities, but not as many, and as spread out as us. Are you aware that for a time our name and flag in the region were synonyms for the vilest of beings? How is that for diplomacy?
Note that the tone of the OP is what we're addressing. But in any case, it's not a history to be paraded around mindlessly, like you're doing. You wear it like an accessory, stop it.