Christopher Columbus Poem, By Jean Marzollo

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: Document A is Christopher Columbus Poem. It was written by Jean Marzollo in 1948. The purpose of this poem is to inform people on how Christopher discovered America. The source explains says that he left from Spain and that Christopher Columbus was brave and bright .I know that during that time of period was around when Columbus set sail with three ships since he left from Spain also when people were exploring. This poem reflects the time period because Christopher also explored.This point of view is different from others because Columbus and Spanish colonization since Christopher found America but it's different because they have a different type of format. Document B is Letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella (1493). It is about …show more content…

When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand. Document C is Account by Bartolome de Las Casas to the Spanish Monarchy (1542). This account was written by a Spanish Dominican friar Bartolome De Las Casas in 1542 and published in 1552. people endured in the early stages of the Spanish conquest. The source was wrote out that once Christopher came it all went bad.This source reflects the time period because It shows that Christopher ruined everything in D.R talk about him finding america and about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain. These sources are similar because they all explored and tried to find a new land and its different because each of them has a different format or method. Together, these sources show that one of the first attempts by a Spanish writer of the colonial era to depict examples of unfair treatment that indigenous people endured in the early stages of the Spanish conquest. Since each land has different people and those would explore during that