Pros And Cons Of Christopher Columbus

Only ‘90s kids remember when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Of course, these would be the children of the 1490s. Columbus faced numerous difficulties and rejections. He was land-zoned by Portugal and twice by Italy before Spain decided to invest. However, the Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon put him on hold until 1492, due to the Reconquista. The Santa Maria, Pinta, and Niña left Spain in August of 1492, heading for China and India. In contradiction to his plans, the ships end up in the Bahamas first. The Spanish benefitted the most from Columbus’s so-called “discovery,” because the land would be claimed by them. The “discovery” of the new world was followed by the enslavement, forced conversion into Christianity, genocide, and rape of the indigenous people or the “Indians.” Columbus thought that he had arrived …show more content…
Columbus composed in his diary on the nineteenth of October, “The Indians on board the ships called this island Saomete. I named it Isabela. … But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.” It was evident that there was no respect of the natives, their land, and their beliefs. The names that the land already had did not matter, it was not a valid title unless it was a title given by Christopher Columbus himself. Christopher was accused of mismanagement, he was detained and shipped home. After he obtained his freedom, Columbus went on his last of his four voyages to the New World. Author John Hollitz describes the Spanish Christians during the sixteenth century in a book entitled Contending Voices, Volume 1 as, “They made bets as to who would slit a man in two, or cut off