George Santayana, a Spanish philosopher, once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” However, this may not present itself to be a completely tragic philosophical fact. The separation of 400 years’ time between Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh only separated these men, their ambitions, and experiences by a river instead of the ocean both experienced; their attempted accomplishments, experienced challenges, and essential skills flowing along the same paths and down the same bends.
Lindbergh and Columbus had many comparable ambitions involved as they began their journeys. They took advantage of this opportunity of record travel to rise from their meager, unsuccessful places in society and gain riches …show more content…
Both were faced with the demands of financing and successfully navigating their treks across the daunting Atlantic. Neither Columbus nor Lindbergh were successful or financially well-off men, and asking those with money to finance their adventures was no simple task, as they had valid concerns of the men succeeding, especially Columbus, who requested such a large amount of money from the Spanish monarchy for his hopefully profitable expedition. With their individual charisma and determination, however, they did eventually succeed in their effort. Lindbergh gained enough money for his plane - named “The Spirit of St. Louis” in honor of his financiers - and various supplies. Columbus acquired three ships, money for trading purposes, enough crewmembers for all three vehicles to be suitably managed, and other necessities required for a voyage spanning an unknown amount of months out at sea, posing a greater loss for Columbus should he fail. Their next formidable obstacle was navigation. Again, Columbus had a much greater challenge ahead of him than Lindbergh had. Columbus was forced to navigate seas unknown to most European explorers of the time, whereas Lindbergh did indeed know, for the most part, where he was headed and how to actually arrive successfully at his destination in France. That is not to say Lindbergh did not face challenges as Columbus did. Both were in the middle of
Lindbergh and Columbus had many comparable ambitions involved as they began their journeys. They took advantage of this opportunity of record travel to rise from their meager, unsuccessful places in society and gain riches …show more content…
Both were faced with the demands of financing and successfully navigating their treks across the daunting Atlantic. Neither Columbus nor Lindbergh were successful or financially well-off men, and asking those with money to finance their adventures was no simple task, as they had valid concerns of the men succeeding, especially Columbus, who requested such a large amount of money from the Spanish monarchy for his hopefully profitable expedition. With their individual charisma and determination, however, they did eventually succeed in their effort. Lindbergh gained enough money for his plane - named “The Spirit of St. Louis” in honor of his financiers - and various supplies. Columbus acquired three ships, money for trading purposes, enough crewmembers for all three vehicles to be suitably managed, and other necessities required for a voyage spanning an unknown amount of months out at sea, posing a greater loss for Columbus should he fail. Their next formidable obstacle was navigation. Again, Columbus had a much greater challenge ahead of him than Lindbergh had. Columbus was forced to navigate seas unknown to most European explorers of the time, whereas Lindbergh did indeed know, for the most part, where he was headed and how to actually arrive successfully at his destination in France. That is not to say Lindbergh did not face challenges as Columbus did. Both were in the middle of