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For Columbus/Against Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer and navigator and more. He was born in Genoa, Italy 1451. Columbus has made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Many think Christopher Columbus was a hero and others think he was an anti-hero. This paper is going to look at both sides. The pros of Christopher Columbus include his bravery, being a commercialist, and having an impact on modern civilization. His bravery has led him to conquer danger and fear by being…

Italy is a country in southern Europe. It is located in the Mediterranean region. Italy is a peninsula that has the Tyrrhenlan Sea to its west, the Adriatic Sea to its east, and the Lonian Sea to its southeast. Austria and Switzerland border Italy to the north. France borders Italy to the northwest. The Capital of Italy is Rome, also the largest city. The official language of Italy is Italian. About 98% of the people in Italy are Roman Catholic. The pope lives in Rome. Italy is 116,320 sq.…

just blunt. Humans like Hitler, Hernando de Soto, and unbelievably Christopher Columbus belong in the Hall of Infamy. Christopher Columbus is believed to be the most famous explorer of all time. In 1451, he was born in Genoa, Italy. This gave Columbus a great exposure to the sea, as Genoa was a major shipping port. He did not…

Marco Polo’s Adventurous Life Marco Polo, the famous Italian explorer was born in 1254 in the city-state of Venice, in northern Italy, into a noble family of Venetian merchants. (Demi 1) Polo grew up watching his father and uncle come and go on voyages to trade in many places. In the 1260s, his father Niccolo and uncle Maffeo went on a trading mission to modern day Uzbekistan and ancient China. (Ernest 564) At the age of fifteen, Polo lost his mom. In the year of 1271, when Marco turned…

Since the beginning of time, human beings have exploited people, places and things to serve their own interests. During Spain’s period of exploration into the new world, the conquistadors greatly exploited natives by forcing them into slavery and overtaking the rights to their valuable resources. Great Britain exploited and subjugated a large part of the known world for their resources, raw materials, and physical labor in order to boost financial gain. The Economist would put forth ideas that…

east of Lake Tahoe. At over 4,700 feet above sea level, Gardnerville rests comfortably in Carson Valley where residents enjoy moderate weather and pleasant temperatures year round. Located in close proximity to Gardnerville are the communities of Genoa and Minden. Carson Valley offers all the residents of Gardnerville a chance to experience one of the world’s most popular locations for sailplane soaring and skiing. The clean mountain air and the limitless views of the valley hills give…

The Black Death The Black Death was a pandemic that wiped though medieval England. It was estimated that this pandemic of the plague, the second pandemic of this disease, killed about 1.5 million people between the years of 1348 and 1350. During this time frame there was very little medical knowledge. Even less known about the “plague”. The bubonic plague is caused by a rod-shaped bacillus called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is a bacteria that is carried by rats. Most rats have an…

Marco Polo was an explorer who sculpted the world we live in today. He traveled from his Venetian home to China along the Silk Roads. In China, he worked for one of the most powerful leaders in his time, Kublai Khan. This gave him a firsthand experience with one of Europe’s powerful leaders. His travels were later recorded into a book called the, II Milione, which gave Europeans insight of the world beyond them. His book inspired other Europeans to travel to unknown lands. Marco Polo is…

the Indies. Instead, what Columbus believed to be the Indies was actually America. On October 12, 1492, the day Columbus reached the New World, everything changed for Columbus, and he never even knew it. Columbus was born on October 31, 1451, in Genoa, Italy. He was the son of Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. Also, Columbus had a brother named Bartolomeo, a mapmaker. Columbus and his family were middle class people. Although little is known about Columbus’…

Amy Xu Miss Allen English 3, Period 7 23 September 2015 The Life of a Greater Sailor In 1451, the birth of a son into a textile artisan’s family in Genoa, Italy marks the beginning of a new generation. The father, Domenico Columbus, and the mother, Susanna Fontanarossa, named this baby Christopher Columbus. As the eldest child in his family, Columbus is deemed by many as the most influential person in the world base on his pioneering travels, exploring and cartography. During Columbus’s…