Columbus, Ohio

Glimpsing Into The Past If Columbus didn’t find America, who did? Obviously, Columbus wasn’t the first person to find the American continent-Native Americans had been living on it for hundreds of years prior-but Columbus wasn’t the first explorer. He may have all the credit, but Vikings stepped foot in the Americas centuries before him. America was discovered by Vikings before Columbus, and early Native Americans before the Vikings; it's a confusing circle but broken down into smaller parts it…

This great country we live in called America was named after one of history’s important contributors. It was named after an Italian-born explorer and merchant named Amerigo Vespucci. Amerigo was born in 1451 in Florence, Italy. He was born into a family of culture. His uncle, Giorgio Antonio Vespucci, a Dominican Friar was his educator instead of him attending to the University of Pisa as his older brothers did. His father was a notary in Florence and one of his other uncles was an…

The era of the 1400s-1700s was a time of great discovery, invention, expansion, and the early establishment of trading routes and alliances. Various European countries and China both began sea expeditions abroad in order to learn about the world and people around them. After a period of naval expeditions, China pulled back and focused on expanding their empire in the eastern world and building their economy. Europe, however, discovered the resources and inventions of the East and developed a…

and I consider these themes regarding him to be the most important: • “The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold? He had persuaded the king and queen of Spain to finance an expedition to the lands, the wealth he expected would be on the other side of the Atlantic—the Indies and Asia, gold and spices” (Zinn 2) and “In addition for bringing back gold and spices, they promised Columbus 10 percent of the profits, governorship over newfound lands, and the fame that would go…

In light of the European colonization, Natives in the present day still have resounding impacts, which illustrates how durable the negativity the settlers brought truly was. An impact that remains in the present day is the deterioration of Native religions, which can be see through the religious patterns of Native American tribes. According to the University of Baltimore, Dr. Jerry, Fremand stated that there has been a considerable drop in those who subscribe to the traditional animistic…

Some citrus fruits came from a long way but ended up everywhere. Most seem to originate from Asia including southern China, northeastern India and conceivably, southeastern Asia. As of now, 2016, almost everyone knows about citrus fruits and how they change your face to either a happy, satisfied face or a poker face. This is the journey of three common citrus fruits; orange, lemon, and lime. The Columbian Exchange had a big impact on citrus fruits. Europeans and the Americas didn’t only trade…

Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century to the 17th century. Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. Europeans were motivated to explore and conquer other areas of the world by a need for resources such as spices and gold, and also by the desire to spread their religious views. In other words they were motivated because of the three G's: god, gold, and glory. God, refers to the missionary traditions of…

Christopher columbus was an Italian explorer who was born in 1451. The birth of Christopher was the gateway of the cultures we have came to know today. You may have learned about him in your history classes in middle school or in your bedtime story books. “Christopher Columbus sailed the oceans blue when? In 1492.” You can see that question on television, on cereal boxes in the grocery store, everywhere. It is a common thing that us Americans see and know today. Could this common fact we know…

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…

The Galapagos: The Road to Conservation Six hundred miles off the coast of Ecuador lie the volcanic islands of the Galapagos, famous for their large sum of unique plants and animals found nowhere else in the world (About Galapagos). Because of the remarkable population of animals, the Galapagos has become a raging tourist destination. People flock from all over the world to see the many species that call the islands home, such as the Marine Iguanas, the giant tortoises, and the Galapagos…