1. Christopher Columbus and monarchs, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were interested in the wealth that his expedition would secure. “Columbus was promised a large share of any economic benefits that might accrue from is voyage and extensive authority over any lands he might discover. The monarchs also stood to benefit.” Their anticipation was for the potential of discovery of riches such as “pearls, precious stones, gold silver, [and] spices”, as well as any other wealth that could be “bought, bartered, discovered, acquired or obtained.”
Florida In the year 1513, Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for the country Spain. Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer looking for the “Fountain of Youth” that would give humans an eternal life. Instead, Leon landed on the shore of the current-day St. Augustine. It was so beautiful that Leon crowned it for the Spaniards.
On October 12, 1492, an Italian merchant by the name of Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the New World. With him he brought three ships and a small crew of Spaniards. After exploring other islands, Columbus came one that he called Hispaniola; here, they found seemingly primitive and naϊve natives that they immediately began to take advantage of. However, little did they know that this first meeting would bring exploration of South and Central America that would wreak havok among the Natives. Throughout the period of European Expansion, Natives were ripped from their home and forced to work day in and day out.
Christopher Columbus had two very different tones in his letters. Columbus’s tone in his first “letter to Luis de Santangel” (1493) is cheerful and optimistic. He portrays a positive picture when describing the islands, he has visited, boastfully claimed, and renamed as “possession for his highnesses” (Columbus, 1493, p 25). He describes the islands as “very fertile to a limitless degree” with “many rivers good and large, which are marvelous” (Columbus, 1493, p. 25). Columbus illustrates these lands as having much to offer Spain and Luis de Santangel.
It was October 12, 1492 when Christopher Columbus arrived in the new world and it is also the day in which citizens of the United States celebrate this cultivated man. Many see Columbus as the hero that discovered America, but countless people only know that one perspective. Howard Zinn, the author of Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress deepens the story of Columbus sailing the ocean blue and exhibits a whole different outlook on the events that took place. Zinn’s eloquent depiction spawned interest everywhere due to the graphic and unique portrayal of the so-called 1400’s hero. The author tries to prove (his thesis) the cruelty and immorality of the Italian explorer by giving a commoner’s perspective and clear evidence on how Columbus
Flagg’s character Evelyn Couch is seen as a believable character, because the reader gets a bit of background on who she is and why she goes to the nursing home. In the novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Evelyn is described as a “forty-eight year old . . . [who] had gotten lost somewhere along the way” (37). After her children left to college Evelyn felt as if she did not know what to do with her life anymore, because before it revolved around her family and taking care of each one of them. In the late 1980’s women began to have more job opportunities; however, in Evelyn’s case she was already too old to go out and work for a company without having went to college.
Ferdinand and Isabella were successful with their career. Ferdinand of Aragon was born March 10, 1452. His father was John II of Aragon and Navarre and his mother is Juana Enríquez their religion was Roman Catholic. Ferdinand was king of Aragon from
Then on January 16,1556 Philip inherited the kingdoms of Spain along with the Spanish overseas empire. Shortly after Philip inherited Spain he had to go to the Netherlands to fight the French in which Spain was victorious in 1557. After the war had ended Philip did not want to see another battlefield, and just plainly disliked war, but if war was needed eventually again he would deal with it. So he returned to Spain in 1559, and never left the Iberian Peninsula again. Along the way of his earlier years in ruling he did hit a few bumps in the road.
After Christopher Columbus founded the ‘New World’, in 1492, many European nations began to form expeditions to the ‘New World’ in search for gold. Although Great Britain, Spain, and France settled in the Americas, their colonies developed in almost completely different ways, like: The Spaniards colonized mainly in South and Central America for economic purposes, like to grow sugar, which lead its colonies to be mainly plantations; The French’s main goals in the Americas were to trade fur with the Native Americans and to find a route to the Pacific Ocean to trade with Asia; and the Britishers’ came here for two main purposes, one for economic matters and to avoid the religious conflict that was happening in England. When first Columbus founded
Christopher Columbus is a famous Italian explorer who set sail in 1492. He and his crew eventually landed in the Americas otherwise known as the “New World”. The Europeans thought of him as a hero, some even describing him as god-like. Columbus’s main focus was money; he did anything he could to profit off of the New World. In order to take the most advantage of the newfoundland Columbus took slaves, farmed the land to depletion, exhausted natural resources and colonized the land.
Many know the poem “In 1492” in which the first two lines state, “In fourteen hundred ninety-two/Columbus sailed the ocean blue” or the tales of the Pocahontas, Sacagawea, or Squanto. All of these events and people were important figures in the early Americas. Many times, the relationship between the explorers and settlers is not read about or is easily forgotten. These relationships were crucial in the making of early America and it is important to differentiate each relationship and see how they evolved overtime. “Early European explorers to the Americas likely experienced emotions including awe at the vast “new” environment, amazement at meeting ‘others,’ and the thrill of the unknown” (Schwartz).
In spite of the fact that he fizzled in his endeavor to arrive at Asia, he did land in the Bahamas and the Caribbean, where he established the framework for European colonization of that district. Since the fifteenth century, social analysts have contended over the way of Columbus' achievement; his administration of the Spanish states secured in the Caribbean, his treatment of the local Indians who existed there and particularly his case to the status of "pioneer" of America have incited a mixed bag of responses extending from hero worship to reproach. Columbus' notoriety has long been disturbed by the way that his triumphs in route and investigation can't be divided from the legacy of abuse and viciousness that check European association in the New World (Zamora, Lois Parkinson). Any record of his works and his deeds must start with the affirmation that Columbus' "revelation" of the Americas prompted the obliteration of to the extent that four-fifths of the local populace of the locale (Bartosik-Vélez, Elise). Conceivable the most critical record of Columbus' investigations, his diary, has been lost.
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”.
The same year Ferdinand took over as ruler of Austria, he also became known as the King of Bohemia by the Bohemian Diet. Later, in 1618, Ferdinand added another title to his name as king of Hungary ("Ferdinand II Facts"). Soon after he became king of Hungary, Ferdinand ran into some trouble when Bohemian nobles revolted against him. The revolts were caused by Ferdinand 's restoring of Catholicism in Bohemia ("Ferdinand II Facts"). Since Ferdinand grew up strictly Catholic, he didn’t allow many other religions as king which "made many Bohemians frustrated".
Compare Christopher Columbus's letter to Santangel (1493) regarding the first voyage to his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella (1503) regarding the fourth voyage. Discuss the apparent differences in the motivation and purpose of each letter. Also discuss what the letters suggest about the relative value of kings and great cities, the power of Spanish explorers, or the relative importance of the "people without number" who already inhabit the islands. essay Columbus’s first letter talks about his successes and the lack of opposition from the inhabitants and how they fled immediately upon his arrival. Columbus sends out scouts to look for royalty or cities on the islands.
