Captain America

Regarded as a hero of American history for “discovering the new world,” Christopher Columbus never actually set foot on North America. Mooring his ships to land he suspected to be Asia in 1492, Columbus’ discovery was a chain of islands in the Western Atlantic, today known as the West Indies, several hundred miles off the southeast coast of what is modern day Florida. In fact, of the four voyages he made across the Atlantic, he never traveled any further north than the Bahamas. Discoverer is an…

history shaped the past of North America, along with an understanding of the Native Americans’ dynamic introduction into a global economy made them inferior and later a mere annoyance in the eyes of colonizers. Notably, many of the themes exemplified…

Most people in the United States celebrate a national holiday on October 9th in memory of Christopher Columbus, the man often credited with “discovering” America. The day is becoming increasingly controversial, however. Many argue the man himself is not worthy of commemoration. Columbus was not actually the first to cross the Atlantic, they said. The holiday is seen as a celebration of colonialism, and offensive to the continents indigenous people. Although people glorify him as being one of the…

Day is a holiday on October 12th in America that celebrates the explorer from Spain, Christopher Columbus. He was born in Genoa Italy, and always wanted to explore. He left Spain in 1492 at the age of 19 to sail around the word and hopefully land in Asia (Klein). Schools teach that Columbus was a very heroic person, and that he discovered America.However, Columbus Day should not be celebrated because Christopher Columbus did not actually discover the Americas, he did terrible things to the…

Columbus recorded in his logbook the natives of San Salvador Island were given red caps and glass beads. This is the earliest written record of glass beads in the Americas. These beads were manufactured in Venice and had to be imported to other European nations. Once there, they could be transported on ships across the Atlantic to the Americas. Therefore, beads were not only easier to work with, but they also came in a wider range of colors that the Native Americans could not produce with their…

Native Americans: Contact and Conflict (3 Discussion Points) 1. What was John Smith’s significance to the Native American stories? Captain John Smith published the story of a young Indian girl, that he titled Pocahontas, though her real name was Mataoka. She had saved his life from death at the hands of her people. This friendly contact between Europeans and Native Americans followed into bloody encounters occurred again and again leading up to the Peqout War. 2. What were the biggest conflicts…

Title The Spanish and the British both endured many obstacles and overcame multiple hurdles while settling in the Americas; however, the reasons for settling in the Americas differed vastly between the Spanish and the British. While settling in a new, unknown country could not have been easy, the approach taken when establishing a new settlement plays an imperative role in the future of the settlement. Motivation for immigration, course of settlement establishment, nature of relationships…

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea captain sailing for Spain who led the voyage around globe. However their goal was not to circumnavigate the Earth, but find a westward route to the Spice Islands, also known as the Moluccas. Along they had to overcome many obstacles in order to achieve this goal. Sadly, Magellan did not personally reach that goal, but his crew that was led by Juan Sebastian Elcano did. Magellan and his crew departed on August 10, 1519. With the horribly inaccurate…

American ancestors to get to the Americas. The Americas are now occupied by thousands of different cultures and races. This diversity began when Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in 1492 and “discovered” that there was land. Even though Columbus did not discover America, he definitely changed it. In fact, as of 2016, only 2% of the U.S. population are Native Americans. Is the land they once lived and thrived on stolen? When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, millions of people…

believes on the shape of the Earth. One of the most oldest and most believed theories was that Earth was flat. It was such a vastly accepted believe it caused Christopher Columbus problems with assembling a crew for his now infamous voyage to America in 1492. Even through adversy Columbus succeeded in convincing his fellow crewmates to sail with him. After (kind of) sucsseding in his voyage, the believe that the Earth was a sphere became more mainstream.…