How Was Christopher Columbus Selfish

Some might hcharacterize Christopher Columbus as a greedy, Iron-handed invader who commanded men that often despised and disagreed with some of his directives, his determination to succeed and his management skills were undeniably remarkable. “He landed at an Indian village there was in that place and discovered a very delightful plain up the river, and observed that there might be trenches drawn from the river into the town for erecting mills and other conveniences for building” Columbus was very aware of his environment and he made good use of it. Carefully selecting to build in an area that was most suitable for construction. In the face of sickness, lack of provisions, mutiny and a shortage of healthy men he was still able to motivate and organize his worn ou and tired men through whatever means possible to build …show more content…
Handing them lighter punishments than the case required, perhaps due to the fact that he probably understood the plight of the starving men to some extent and reasoned that their decision to commit such a treasonable act was due to fatigue and the willingness to return to the comfort of their homeland, His methods of punishment still didn’t go down well with some of his men and they accused him of being a cruel man. Although the town of Isabella was eventually abandoned in 1496 this didn’t stop Christopher Columbus from moving forward in more conquest. With all of the hardships, Columbus, and his men faced he eventually succeeded in building a new town on the Island now Santo Domingo after the failure of the previous town he had engineered with his men. In my opinion, the leadership of Christopher was very instrumental to the success of the entire expedition as his men wouldn’t have been able to achieve this feat all by themselves. When it came to obstacles, the majority of obstacles r came from within the members of the expedition itself and not necessarilyo the environment or the