Hailey Hunter
Instructor: Ann Febus
History 1200
September 12, 2016
Christopher Columbus: Journals 1. The information given indicating Columbus to be heroic is mostly by his own words. He feels and expresses he is there to spread his faith of Christianity to what he considers savage and barbaric people. He considers himself far more sophisticated by doing so and expresses he’s saving souls for the church. That making any trade or communication is also seen as apparently being heroic to a certain degree. Along with him getting Isabella out other financial collapse of her country. Most of what his country would see as heroic is the spread of the Christian faith, and others seeing as if he brought “civilized” behavior to those who are “uncultured”. “It appears to me, that the people are ingenious, and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion” (Columbus)
Also the passage as follows; “But they seemed on the whole to me, to be a very poor people. They all go completely naked, even the women, though I saw but one girl.” (Columbus)
The finding of the new land and taking its resources for gains of Europe can be seen as
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What is found to contradict Columbus being a hero is him telling of taking away people against their will to Spain. Just as human souvenirs. His obsessed greed to find wealth within the new world (that he thought to be India) as in spices and silks. On account of Las Casa’s thoughts he expressed great distaste for Columbus in the first place because of his greed blinding him against human rights. He brought sickness, and pain to the people he visited by also rape, theft, disease, and degrading the people he conquered. Even to imply that they would use the natives as slaves showed his utter incompetence for human rights and life. He’s not a hero not considered a hero by his own stance and Las Casa. La Casa accounted what he knew and thought of the native