Columbus Day

began looking for faster trading routes. In the late 1400s, a man named Christopher Columbus offered to bring riches back faster by going in the opposite direction from Asia. He also wanted to prove that the world was actually a sphere and not a flat shape. (Robinson). Columbus was not the first person to theorize that the earth was round. This theory was understood and accepted since the ancient Greeks. What Columbus did do was underestimate the size of the earth and overestimate the size of…

For decades, people have been celebrating Columbus Day in the memory of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America. He introduced different continents to each other, which is why he is considered a hero to most people till this day. But was Columbus really a daredevil? Or was he really a villain? The problem lies, should Columbus be considered as a villain or a hero. But I feel that Columbus is a brutal colonizer. People need to understand that because he did things that were terrific, he still…

How Columbus Changed the World Many people may ask themselves questions on how Christopher Columbus Changed the world. In the next following paragraphs i will be Telling you about a european explorer who changed and impacted all of our lives forever. This explorer’s name was Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was a Italian Conquistador(explorer) and when his region was in a Economic Struggle he was forced to explore into the unknown. In the next following paragraphs i will inform you on…

The First Voyage Christopher Columbus was the first European to sail against the cultural winds and maneuver his ships west in an attempt to find a faster route to India. “I should not go by lands eastward, as had been customary, but I shall go by way of the west.” He relied on his experience as a sailor watching ships sail as a young boy sailed the Mediterranean Sea, he read books about about the sea and would make notations in the margins. He had a showed a passion for exploration early on…

On October 12, people across the United States celebrate Columbus Day. Regarded as a courageous, honorable, and intelligent sailor, Christopher Columbus is remembered as the man who discovered America. At a young age, it instilled in the minds of students that he was a hero, but when you learn the real story, it reveals a villain. Atrocities Columbus committed were the exploitation of land and indigenous people, the creation of the transatlantic slave trade, depopulation, and much more gained…

Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Or at least on his first time around. Christopher Columbus was a young man who is credited by society to have “discovered” the new world. Columbus was born in 1451, about 40 years before he would discover the new world. He moved from his homeland to portugal where he married Felipa Perestrello. In 1480, he fathered a child with her, Diego, and when she died, he fathered another son with Beatriz Enriquez de Arana, with which he named Fernando. Columbus had…

Columbus’s Ugly Truth All that we are told about Columbus was that “ In 1492, he sailed the ocean blue.” And we were taught that in preschool and Kindergarten. Then latter on we learned about the Mina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, in Elementary School. After that, most kids hear the same stuff every year. Except, was it all the truth? And was it the whole story? Most everyone knows that Columbus was from Italy, and that when he explained his theory that the world was round, they did not…

Christopher Columbus wants to prove his new method of traveling to the India sailing west instead of traveling east. After many years of trying to persuade the Spanish nobility, Columbus’ attracts attention of the queen of Spain who decides to support Columbus on his voyage. After many weeks at sea, Columbus and his convoy finally make land in what is now modern-day San Salvador. They make contact with the native locals and Columbus was determined to keep relations between them peaceful.…

Christopher Columbus was the first to discover and explore the Americas, but many are unaware that this is a mythical statement; in fact, the information that we have learned about this individual is mostly false and inaccurate. We have been taught to think that this man was an amazing person, we have been taught to believe that he was courageous, intelligent, and modest. Still to this day, schools are educating children with these lies. Historians have looked into the history behind Columbus…

Remember that day in school when your history teacher said Christopher Columbus discovered America? Well, they were wrong. Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sailor who wanted to find a western route to the Indies. He made four voyages, each taking him to different locations in the Caribbean. He sailed under Spain and his voyages were sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Along his voyages he encountered storms and the Santa Maria broke into pieces. He met very many natives…