Columbus Day

Throughout time, stories of the brave explorer Christopher Columbus have been told, altered, and retold, but through the spreading of these myths, the truth about his violent and brutal explorations of America is lost. Christopher Columbus was born the son of a Merchant in Genoa Italy in 1451. For all his life he grew up with a love for the sea. During the 15th century, it was almost impossible to get to Asia from Europe, but Columbus had a plan to sail around the continent of Africa to reach…

relations of Whites and Native Americans by presenting many common conceptions then describing why they are actually misconceptions. The Chapter is named Forget Columbus, the author elaborates by saying his wife told him not to start the book with Columbus but this becomes relevant when he continues to say that everyone believes they know what Columbus did and they revere him for his deeds when no one actually knows him or was able to witness the explorer’s deeds first hand. This is much like…

Christopher Columbus Everyone knows who discovered America, Christopher Columbus of course. Many people say the saying “in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. Many schools take off on the second Monday of october for Columbus Day. However, there are many opinions of him, negative and positive. The article “Columbus Does Not Deserve a National Holiday” is an example of a negative one. The article, “Sail On” is an example of a positive article. Though they are different they do have…

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. His father was a weaver. He got inspired to explore by reading a book by Marco Polo. He went on his first voyages as a teenager on trading expeditions. On his very first voyage he almost died when enemy pirates attacked his ship. He escaped by swimming to the Portuguese shore. In Portugal, he married a woman named Felipa Perestrello and they had a son named Diego. Felipa died shortly after the baby was born and Columbus moved to Spain. Many…

The History of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in southern Europe in 1451. He was very religious, and fixated on gaining support on his plan to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus was an experienced sailor and day-by-day he became more convinced that his idea was possible. The plan was to start from the west, and travel all the way to the east side, because like many other Europeans of his time, Columbus believed the that the Earth was a sphere and that…

Columbus and his Voyage to America Christopher Columbus was the son of a weaver who lived in Genoa, Italy. When he was younger he never really had experience around the sea. But, when he was a teenager he got his first chance to go on a sea voyage. He then participated in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. On one of his voyages, to the island of Khios, in modern day Greece, actually brought him as close as he would ever get to Asia. He was a part of several other…

moral, not posses cruelty and engage in violent actions. Christopher Columbus set out on his voyage for the New World in 1492 in order to explore new lands, however he enslaved the Natives of America. The esteemed and scholarly people of the Connecticut Board of Education should take into consideration why Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated into one holiday, but the indigenous people be praised. Christopher Columbus, a hostile explorer, should not be celebrated because of the mass…

“Columbus and Lindbergh: A Journey Across the Atlantic” Going on a journey is fun, even if you are doing it alone. But, going on a journey and changing history is even better. That is what Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh did as they both travel across the Atlantic ocean. They both changed history for the better. People look up to them, because most people would love to travel and find a new, interesting country. In this essay I will be talking about their journey and how they…

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…

Christopher Columbus had an adventurous and event-filled life. He was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 and died on May 20, 1506 a disappointed man (Wilson). In his younger years he worked at his father’s trade of weaving (Iconn). Later he became a sailor on the Mediterranean Sea. Columbus had a shipwreck near his brother, Bartholomew Diaz’s house of the Portuguese coast in 1476 (Iconn). During this time in Portugal,…