Christopher Columbus Legacy

During the time of 1492; 15th century in Spain, Christopher Columbus was preparing for his journey to explore the other side of the world. While exploring in the name of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Columbus discovered the Americas and claimed the land for Spain (Hakim 78). On top of this, Columbus started an agricultural revolution between the old and new world (in this case Spain and the Americas) (Hakim 82). Spain received new foods while the Americas gained new foods and animals. Columbus, the man, has proven that he should be remembered as negative because of the actions he committed such as enslaving the Taino people, murdering the innocent and claiming land that was not his to claim in the first place. However, his legacy

First of all, he was the explorer who found and claimed the other half of the world for Spain (Hakim 78)! Spain was the only country that would lend him money for his expedition, so when he found the Americas he claimed the land for Spain. This land expanded Spain's territory by a large amount increasing their reign and amount of people they could rule over. Another positive part of Columbus' legacy includes him starting one of the biggest agricultural revolutions ever to take place (Hakim 82). Spain received things from the Americas such as corn, potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, vanilla, peppers and tobacco while the Americas received things from Spain such as horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, honey bees and wheat. These things may seem insignificant, but they literally changed the way people lived on both sides of the world. People in Spain received new types of food to eat and spice up their everyday meals and the new world received animals for meat and labor reasons (plow pulling, wool etc.). These things changed the definition of the word “agriculture” for both sides of the world. Last but not least, Columbus' legacy should be remembered positively because it gave Spain the chance to become the richest country in the world at that time (Hakim 77). By finding and claiming the Americas for Spain,

Everything he did was based off his knowledge of what was wrong and right at the time of 1492 in Spain. Not America, not 2016, but a totally different place and time. When Columbus claimed the Americas and said he was the one who found it, he really did find it. Now, people might say that he just said he found it and really didn’t because people already had been there before him but, he was the one who claimed it and that was good enough for the people of Spain during that time. If it was good back then e should accept that now and let it be good for us too. Additionally, when it is said that Columbus betrayed his religion of Christianity, he really didn’t. At this time, to be Christian meant that you did exactly what Columbus had done. It was not wrong to kill and enslave people as a Christian at that time. Now it is different, but now is now and back then in Spain was back then in Spain. If Columbus' legacy took place in 2016, everyone would agree that it would be negative because now being a Christian means you should not kill but, look at it this way, in 1492 in Spain, all the things that Columbus did was great and there was nothing wrong or bad about it at all. Everything about Columbus' legacy we