Christopher Columbus

child, I thought that the world was flat based on what I was taught about Christopher Columbus and his theory in school. I was so “conditioned” with the same routine on the daily basis with my homelife with my family and school with my peers to the point I did not think there was more to life on this earth. In other words, I did not think “outside of the box”. Later I learned that the world was not flat when Christopher Columbus discovered the new land but what he did to the Indigenous people…

many figures that helped the Spaniards understand the new territory like the influential Ponce de Leon. As a young boy born into a noble family de Leon became a page and quickly thrived and grew into a strong soldier. Ponce de Leon joined Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to help found and develop connections with the Indians to be able to start colonizing for Spain. Juan Ponce de Leon lived with the natives in their culture, and learned how to speak their language to be gain…

Spanish, specifically Queen Isabella, sent Christopher Columbus to discover a new route to Asia, in order to compete with the rising power of the Portuguese. This one decision however, began the race for world colonization and would eventually lead to the death of millions of Native Americans from war, famine, displacement, and disease. The first recorded contact between Native Americans and European powers occurred in 1492 CE when Christopher Columbus arrived in what would later be referred to…

Everyday people sometimes come out of their cocoon and excel after experiencing a monument. An example of this is again, the photograph of Columbus. The portrayal of Columbus, with his large bronze statue, is effective at inspiring individuals to become as great as him. The way he seems to look at the horizon gives the viewer a sense of inspiration, making the viewer want to be as great as him. This inspiration…

leaves out Native American primary sources, the documentary “Native American Civilization Before Columbus” gives a flawed account of life in early America before it was America. It should be renamed “European Civilization Before Columbus”. The documentary “Native American Civilization Before Columbus” discusses the motivations that brought Europe to America. The documentary attests “Christopher Columbus left home to fight for his vision. He aimed to sail west for the riches of Asia. This is an…

Exchange. The Columbian Exchange or the Great Exchange occurred after europeans touched shore on the New World after the initial Christopher Columbus voyage. In 1972 historian Alfred W. Crosby coined the term “The Columbian Exchange” with his book called the same title where he wrote about the ecological ramifications of Columbus to the New World. Crosby talks about how Columbus brought two completely different worlds together into one. The Columbian Exchange massively benefitted the people of…

Powerful people in the past might have ultimately shaped and influenced the way we perceive history and the way we look at things. Most of us if not all of us have heard the heroic story of how Christopher Columbus discovered America but there are two sides to each story and we never thought of listening to the other side of it because we thought it was true since it’s what we learned at school and from the media. According to a quote by McNeill, “A historian who rejects someone else’s…

Christopher Columbus described in his diary the indians ignorance and lack of religion as a motive for them to willingly convert to Christianity and learn the spanish language (doc 1). Columbus’s diary represents the ethnocentrism european explorers felt towards…

uncle in 1269, and many Europeans did not know what central and east Asia were like, which is one of the reasons why Marco was so popular. When the Age of Exploration was relevant, many explorers were attracted to his explorations, such as Christopher Columbus and many others. Marco polo’s actions contributed to the age of exploration which inspired many Venetians and prisoners when he was imprisoned in Genoa. Marco also wrote a book called "book of Seer Marco Polo”.…

Trans-Atlantic contact began in 1492 when Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, discovered the “New World” on an expedition sponsored by the King of Spain. When he arrived he found himself not alone, immediately meeting the Native Americans. The uncovering of the “New World” led to the creation of two new continents, known as North and South America. Although trans-Atlantic contact allowed the Colombian Exchange to be possible, it caused a lot of harm to both the Europeans and the Native…