Editing Christopher Columbus (section)

==== Navigational expertise ====
Biographers and historians have a wide range of opinions about Columbus's expertise and experience navigating and captaining ships. One scholar lists some European works ranging from the 1890s to 1980s that support Columbus's experience and skill as among the best in Genoa, while listing some American works over a similar timeframe that portray the explorer as an untrained entrepreneur, having only minor crew or passenger experience prior to his noted journeys.<ref name="Peck">{{cite journal |title=The Controversial Skill of Columbus as a Navigator: An Enduring Historical Enigma |first=Douglas T. |last=Peck |journal=The Journal of Navigation |volume=62 |year=2009 |issue=3 |pages=417–425 |doi=10.1017/S0373463309005359 |bibcode=2009JNav...62..417P |s2cid=59570444 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3bcb/6e3fb8c43f27099b9b0cbab75585ac12cdc5.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705003711/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3bcb/6e3fb8c43f27099b9b0cbab75585ac12cdc5.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2020 |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref> According to Morison, Columbus's success in utilizing the trade winds might owe significantly to luck.{{Sfn|Morison|1991|pp=59, 198–199}}