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Pros And Cons Of Christopher Columbus

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“Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.”Christopher Columbus, an Italian Native, set sail from the Spanish port of Palos. (Columbus Sets Sail.”) He is in charge of three ships the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria and 90 men. Their mission is to find a new trade routes to India, besides going through the Mediterranean, or going around Africa, for gold and spices. Queen Isabella, The Queen of Spain, funded Columbus's journey.

Columbus went to the kings of Italy, Portugal, France and England and was turned down each time. They all believed he was asking for too much. Columbus asked for three ships filled with supplies and men to sail the ships, A large share of what he finds, governorship of any land he may find, The title of admiral and noble rank, and everything he gets to be passed onto his sons. Columbus was living in Cordoba, the same city as Queen Isabella and when he went back to Spain to ask for their help, Queen Isabella automatically believed in him and put him on her royal payroll despite all of her advisors telling her not to. (“Christopher Columbus”).( “The Real Connections.) …show more content…

Columbus believed it was about 3,000 miles while most explorers of that time believed it was about 11,000 miles if you could go in a straight line there. Spain was also in combat with the Moors which put them low on funds. The Royal Treasury of Spain gathered $14,000 and Queen Isabella promised to pay them back if Columbus's voyage did not succeed. (“Christopher Columbus”).Queen Isabella knew she was taking a big risk by helping Columbus but she didn't want to loose him to another country. If he didn't make it or he couldn't find the way she knew she would be in debt but she intrusted him with the money, ships, and men and sent him on his way. (“The Real

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Christopher Columbus, had another story. Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, sadly, he never ecceded. Instead Columbus found “the new world”. “Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did.

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There were arguments whether Christopher Columbus was a hero or a villain if he truly discovered land for the first time. Columbus wrote in his journal from August 1492 all the way through October 1492 that took place in Spain. Throughout his writings he mentions “the king” as if it was his

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Eventually Columbus got all of the ships and money that he needed for his first voyage from Spain’s Queen Isabella. Later on, he had reached the opportunity to achieve his main goal that was caused by selfishness, he wanted to become rich. Queen Isabella was also just as selfish as Columbus was. The only reason that

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When Columbus decided to go out there and explore the world and sail west until he reaches the Indies, he led three ships which were known as the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria out of the port of Palos Spain. He stopped at the Canary Islands and this was due to the lack of wind so the expedition was stopped at the time. What had helped him to sail easily to the Americas was a calm sea and wind that would lead him there (he was lucky). But the trip has taken more time than anticipated and his crew started to be concerned, so what he did was that he had two sets of logs one of them showed the real distance that was traveled by the three ships and one log that had a less distance traveled. The log with the true distance traveled was kept

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Columbus had to ask for money for his voyage, he asked lots of people who had extra cash and finally someone agreed. Queen Isabella, she gave him three ships which were the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria as well as ninety sailors. He later wrote a letter to the King of Spain on his voyage back from America about his “discoveries” surprisingly, not asking for money. “I discovered many islands inhabited by numerous people. I took possession of all of them for our most fortunate King by making public proclamation and unfurling his standard, no one making any resistance.”

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Columbus, who was brave and admiring, had a different route to Asia led the journey west came upon the new yet to be explored American continents. According to Document E, it states, “His conquest of Atlantic the outer space of the fifteenth century - is as meaningful to the Americans of the space age as it was to our forefathers who pushed across the vast expenses of this continent.” This quote shows how Columbus’s conquest was an important milestone in the achievements of people of his time and even today. Despite his famous discovery, one of the main reason to set sail for this conquest was Columbus’s greed for riches and fame. In Document A, it states, “I was very attentive to them, and strove to learn if they had any gold.”

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During the 1400’s, the desire of many European countries to reach the Indian subcontinent via aquatic trade routes grew quite dramatically, as land routes were long and filled with many hostile competitors. Nations began searching for various explorers with enough intelligence, courage, and bravado to bring back riches, resources, or land. Around this time, one such explorer, named Christopher Columbus, began pleading with a handful of monarchies for funding of his new, daring voyage; he was going to sail west into the open ocean and reach India exponentially quicker than others who had sailed around the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa. In 1491, he managed to convince the Spanish monarchy of his logic, and set sail in 1492 from

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Sprouted from the essence of the Republic of Genoa, now part of modern day Italy, a once undistinguished being perpetually protruded from the abyss of history. Although he was originally from Italy, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Upon the discovery of this arrangement, copious amounts of questions arose from the public concerning why the Spanish monarchy would hire a foreign explorer, instead of a Spanish explorer, for such an important expedition. While the crown’s decision may seem dubious on the surface, the Spanish monarch realized the advantages of working relationships between foreign parties. Christopher Columbus was a renowned Italian explorer, navigator, cartographer, and colonizer.

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In 1476, Columbus had his first creative voyage, along the rocky coast of Portugal. Columbus had always been a resourceful child, going back to his early years as the son of a wool merchant in Genoa, Italy. Laboring alongside his father, Columbus learned how to work in an innovative way that would appease his father’s clients. Later, obtaining his first work as a ship’s merchant, he learned how to be convincing and appealing to the hard-hearted sailors on the ship. Being exposed to the life of a sailor, Columbus learned how to adapt to the mysteries of sea life, and how to read maps, navigate, and make use of what the wind and sea brought his way.

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Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred ninety-two. When one hears the name Christopher Columbus, they tend to think about his discovery of America. What they don’t consider is how his discovery changed and affected America. First of all, Columbus’ discovery provided the start of a long term colonization, which created what we know today as America. People, who immigrated from another country, traveled all over the world to make it to America in hopes of getting land in “The New World”.

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Christopher Columbus is a man who is commonly depicted as a hero and great explorer who discovered our modern day America, but many of the so called “facts” are not all completely true as people would like to believe. Columbus was undoubtedly a courageous explorer who brought many new ideas, cultures, and resources to be exchanged between the New World and Europe. While this is true, it is not uncommon for people to forget the harmful effects brought along with the voyages made by Columbus and the darker details of his times in America. Columbus started from humble middle class family. Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa as the oldest of his four siblings.

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Christopher Columbus was an explorer and navigator born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. When Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in 1492, he hoped to reach eastern Asia. He thought he had reached Asia when he landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea. In fact he had opened up to Europeans a new world with two continents—North America and South America—and many islands.

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Holidays around the world are celebrated to remember and commemorate certain times in history, and to keep those dates important. For quite some time, Columbus Day has been a questionable holiday. Some people say it should be a holiday because we are acknowledging the fact that he discovered the Americas. In contrast, others disagree because of the ways he treated the original inhabitants of the places he discovered. This paper will argue that Columbus Day should not be a holiday because he exploited, murdered, and enslaved many natives throughout his journeys.

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The source, Christopher Columbus’s Journal, is a personal written account by Columbus of his time sailing to the New World and exploring it. Columbus's original Journals were lost. The original copies were sent to the King and Queen, however the parts that are left are from Bartoleme de Las Cases, one of the first men to come to the New World. He did not agree with Christopher Columbus’s way of treating the Indians, so it is certainly possible that the remaining parts may be tweaked to make Columbus look bad in the eyes of the people. (The Expansion of Europe and Rise of the Atlantic World, Enter Christopher Columbus)

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According to Christopher Columbus, the Taino people of the Caribbean Islands that he encountered “were much delighted, and became wonderfully attached to us” (Journal, page 6). The Taino people were fascinated with Christopher Columbus and his

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