Christopher Columbus Dbq

Decent Essays
Write your first paragraph here: Document A is basically saying that Christopher Columbus is a hero. It was written in 1948 by Jean Marzollo. It is about a poem about Christopher Columbus and his journey to the Bahamas. The purpose of this document is to inform people about Christopher Columbus and his journey. The point of view in this document is Jean Marzollo is saying Columbus is a hero. The point of view is shown through the text mostly the last sentence “But Columbus was brave, and he was bright”. The point of view is different from others, such as document #3, people might think that he is a hero.

Write your second paragraph here: Document B is basically Christopher Columbus POV writes his letter . It was written in 1492.

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    I believe that N.Scott Momaday means that it was navigation to a new world , but also a transition in time that led to new important discoveries when he describes Christopher Columbus's voyage as “a passage from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.” His reasons for this characterization is that part of the irony consists of people Eurocentric understanding of history. But also since “it is everywhere a common designation of the Americas but also because it represents one of the greatest anomalies in history” (Momaday 199). To which this is because it demonstrates the irony of how the "new world" is everybody is coming to is actually very ancient and that the New World itself was ancient.…

    • 354 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Literary Analysis Point of view is when a reader can know the thoughts, actions, and words from someone’s perspective. For example, there is the first person point of view, where the narrator is the one telling the story from his or her point of view. In the story “Why, You Reckon?” by Langston Hughes, the narrator is telling the story in first person, from his point of view. The narrator tells the reader about his actions, the words he says, and even what he thinks as he relays what happened to him, a stranger he encounters, and an innocent young man. In “Why, You Reckon?”…

    • 1369 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Christopher Columbus /Diego Columbus, Spanish Diego Colón was born 1479 in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands the oldest son of Christopher Columbus When his father managed the great voyage of discovery in 1492, Diego was made a page at the Spanish court. When his father’s died in 1506, he began a long struggle to regain his father’s former privileges in the Indies. Diego’s marriage to María Álvarez de Toledo, niece of the duque de Alba, the cousin of King Ferdinand, worked in his favour, and in 1508 he was accredited governor of the Indies. He arrived at Santo Domingo on the day of July 1509 and succeeded Nicolás de Ovando in that post.…

    • 265 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Landing of Columbus Painted By John Vanderlyn The painting Landing of Columbus was first commissioned by congress in 1836 to hang in the Capitol Rotunda. The painting was finally put on display in the January 1847 at the Capitol Rotunda. This painting depicts Christopher Columbus and members of his crew shown on a beach in the West Indies, the first landfall of their expedition to find a westward route from Europe to China, Japan and perhaps unknown lands.…

    • 262 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Age of Exploration was a time period that brought two worlds together. Christopher Columbus’s’ contributed to this by introducing greedy, money hungry Europeans to America. Columbus took part in causing the founding of the United States and many Caribbean nations. His voyages are still apparent in today’s society for many reasons such as, the consequences of slavery still affect our lives today, European trade was the first step towards today’s economy, and exploration led to the transfer of ideas that are still used today.…

    • 85 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Columbus Day Dbq

    • 865 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Every year kids around our nation take off from school on October 10th, Columbus Day. In parallel with this annual vacation day for most in the United States, children are also taught about a heroic explorer, who courageously stood up for his belief, that the world was round, rather than flat, by asking many monarchs for the opportunity to prove his belief by finding a shortcut to the Indies, and then proceeded to discover the Americas. Yes, children nationwide are captivated by the story of this brave explorer, Christopher Columbus, who was responsible for finding their continent, and for giving them a day off. However, one key part of the voyage and adventures of Christopher Columbus is left out when children learn about him, namely that…

    • 865 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The passage brings out the important themes of the story which touches the history of Christopher Columbus from the King’s point of view explained by the trickster “Coyote.” The quote reveals the story in a way which doesn't fully elaborate all the details in a serious tone but in a way which would be indirect humorous form of saying. Indirectly the quote explains how Old coyote always wanted to win so she always changes the rules which made her friends leave her to play by herself. She always wanted more, so she created other people to play with but those people only wanted to get rich, so they took Old coyote’s friends and sold them in Europe. Instead of being grateful for what she had, she wanted more and in the end she's left alone.…

    • 209 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Griselda’s inner thoughts and opinions on everything let the reader get that standpoint throughout the story. With o=point of view you begin to realize the importance the narrator has, why the author…

    • 1079 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In an article he says what Columbus had done was worse than Hitler. In the Tainos perspective they saw Columbus as a dangerous, selfish, and powerful man. When Columbus first arrived in the Bahamas he described the population to be gentle and generosity of heart. What possess a man to kill, rape, and take advantage of these poor people? Columbus had wiped out a majority of the Native Taino population and as a result of his discoveries at the new world he paid his dues and was arrested and eventually killed.…

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Americas were sparsely inhabited and unused. Much of the land had been used once but was soon deserted since the inhabitants were mostly hunter-gathers, wandering across the land. The land was basically wasted and it was lucky that the Europeans finally found a use for it. The Europeans used the empty lands for their benefit while the Indians had not. For a thousand years, the Americas had not changed with a few exceptions of the Iroquois, the Aztecs, and the Incas, which were continually developing though at a slower pace than the Europeans.…

    • 1141 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    On 30 May 1498, Columbus left from Sanlúcar, Spain, for his third trip to the New World. Following the Pole Star in the sky, He explored the Gulf of Paria, which separates Trinidad from what is now Venezuela. He then sailed to the islands of Chacachacare and Margarita. He sighted Tobago (which he named "Bella Forma") and Grenada (which he named "Concepción"). He then returned to…

    • 66 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I have been chosen to join Christopher Columbus’ crew as he sets out for the New World. As I prepare for this mission, I am very nervous about what lies ahead. I do not know what to expect while on this journey and I am praying for the best outcome. We will depart for the trip next week, and there are many things that have to be done. I first need to pack my bags with all the necessary equipment and supplies such as food, weapons, survival tools, and trade items.…

    • 818 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Monika Straková The positive and negative aspects of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America The fifteenth century has brought many inventions and discoveries in order to facilitate the then life. One of the most imposing one was a coincidental discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Under the patronage of the Spanish catholic kings, he was determined to find a new journey to India across the Atlantic Ocean; otherwise, instead of this aim he found a new land between Europe and Asia.…

    • 1066 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    What is the history lesson we will be learning this day in class today? We are going to talk about a year that helps start a large exchange between the Europeans and the new worlds across the Atlantic Ocean. Now if you are wondering what I am talking about, it is simple we are going to talk about some events that happened in the year fourteen ninety-two by a man we immortalize not only in history as the discoverer of America and have his own day in his name called Columbus’ day. Although should he be seen as a great man or a man that only did what he was told to do?…

    • 1105 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Point of view is one of the most important aspects of a novel. It helps the reader understand what is happening in a novel and how different characters react. When a novel uses multiple points of view it gives the reader a chance to view an event from multiple angles. The novel Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich uses multiple points of view to show irony among other things of different events. There are many characters that can be considered the protagonists of the novel as well as the antagonists of novel depending on the situation, point of view, and way the reader interprets it.…

    • 1625 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays