Columbus, Ohio

Coming Soon To a theatre near you! Leif Eriksson-Rapid winds lead him off his route and took him and his ship all the way to the north american coast. Leif and his crew came in on the labrador Peninsula to, what is now, present day Canada. Soon after, the vikings sailed farther south to end up on the island of Newfoundland, and maybe to present day present day New England. When Eriksson landed, he ended up in a coastal area known as Vinland. Leif stayed, however, the vikings left just…

Peter Minuit Peter Minuit a man that had a huge part in helping bring America into the land we know today by being apart of the founding of the original thirteen colonies. Minuit’s birthdate is not exactly known but studies believe that it was somewhere between the years of 1580 and 1589. On the date of August the 20, 1613 Minuits life changed forever. He married the love his life Gertrude Raedts. The Raedts family was a very wealthy family, some believe that being apart of this family helped…

implied the unification of two old worlds. These old worlds had distinctive convictions, states of mind, dialect, and qualities. The way of life of these two worlds could never be the same. With the assistance of three awesome pilgrims; Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, there would not have been such a chance to make the new world, what has now turned out to be one of the best nations at any point made. Jacques Cartier allegedly investigated the Americas, especially Brazil,…

The story of the Spanish in the New World, begins with Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492. Christopher Columbus opened the gateway to Spanish exploration even though he did not set foot on the American Continent. His drive to travel the undiscovered world, allowed for further exploration by the Spanish. In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, this set…

protected by armor and weaponry, in front of the representation of barely dressed Indians - if not naked - totally disarmed. Two distincts time of the New World discovery are depicted in this image. On the background we can observe three sheeps from Columbus’ fleet. Part of the crew deploys the sails while another is about to take a boat to land on shore. We can see these indigenous represented as “natural” individuals, running on the right side of the image. They seem frightened by the arrival…

One can say the conquering of the Americans started with Columbus, when he set sail in 1492 and his goal was to find the fastest route to Asia. This led others in the 1500s like Diego Velazquez, Hernando Cortes, and Francisco Pizarro to come to the Americas. These Iberian men were able to take over the Aztec, Maya, and the Incas with luck on their side. Many of the letters written to the king made the Indians seem peaceful, almost childlike others similar to barbarians without culture. This…

The Land of the Free or the Land of the Lost? For centuries the indigenous people have lived in what is now called the Americas before the Europeans came for conquest. They had culture and heritage that was unique and never before gazed upon by the rest of the world. However, when the Europeans came, instead of preaching the Gospel and showing love like their savior Jesus Christ did, they let their greed for silver and the riches of the “new” land consume them. By doing so they killed the…

perceive Columbus as a reliable narrative writer. There was little writing of his experiences while on ground. I saw that Columbus (1493/2013) choose to convey his descriptions of the landscapes of the islands, and how he choose to name them after distinguished individuals from his homeland (in the Letter to Luis se Santangel Regarding the First Voyage)(Columbus, p. 25). In fact, I came under the impression that Columbus’s letters were not written in the spirit of transparency. By the time…

Zuan Chiabotto a venetian navigator and adventurer claims that He reached the American mainland in 1498, a year before Columbus reached the same continent. Alwyn Ruddock, an English scholar, found a letter sent by a British trader named John Day to Columbus. The letter explained that the North American continent was discovered by a sailor from the port of Bristol in 1470. Meanwhile Scandinavian scholars also considered that vikings had sailed to the coast of North America before British and…

Nowadays, in some history textbooks, the early discoverers like Columbus are treated as an hero. However, I consider that they should not be honored as they are these days. The greed and violence of the discoverers they showed in the land they treated as a colony are hidden in the dark side. Firstly, The gold and treasure they presented to the country can be told stolen. They stole the properties of the native's by their mighty weapons which are enough to threaten the natives. In addition,…