Isabella I of Castile

Born on August 13,1593, Henry Hudson, was considered one the most famous explorers. Henry Hudson made four voyages in his career. The first voyage began in May of 1607 and ended in September of that year. The Muscovy Company, out of England, hired Hudson to find a northern route to Asia. The voyage began in England. He sailed on a small, three-masted ship that was named Hopewell. As he was trying to find a northern route to Asia, he was stopped by the Great Barrier Reef. Hudson was forced to…

trading. However, he does not just talk about the new land he founded. His purpose of this letter has a business purpose, which is to please the supporter and show that this was a good investment. In the first sentence of his letter, Columbus says “ As I know that you will be pleased with the great victory with which Our Lord has crowned my voyage”, emphasizing that the supporter will be pleased with what Columbus has found (35). Not only that, Columbus speaks of the king and queen with…

of Pavia where he studied navigation, Latin, geometry, geography and astronomy. Columbus spent much of his life in Portugal and Spain, after seeking funds for an expedition to locate the Land he believed to be Asia, it was here he met with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand who obliged him. He was highly revered because of his religiosity, ideals, commitment and achievements, which were all traits of a hero. To support this hero image that he was associated with Columbus made many significant…

Over the course of history, Native Americans have become interpreted as the subject of periphery by cause of the ill assumptions of how the Christians described them as “Savages”. In the works of Christopher Columbus, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Bartolomé de las Casas, the Natives characterized as positive views in such ways that they were as civilized as the Spaniards. However, negative contexts indicated that Indians created war and show no signs of respect. No matter the view, there will…

Confucianism shouldn’t have worked in Ricci’s favor, and only prevailed due to the social and political atmosphere of the Wanil era, where Christianity mostly appealed to the Confucians as an opponent of Buddhism. For instance Ricci’s followers cited that, “I came to understand how [Christianity] can supplement Confucianism and fight against…

their deaths by Magellan. A crewman, known as “The Genoese Pilot”, on Magellan’s expedition wrote in his journal, “In this port three of the ships rose up against the Captain-Major [Magellan], their captains saying they they intended to take him to Castile [Spain] in arrest, as he was taking them all to destruction.” (Document B). This quote shows that the men as well as the captains on three of the five ships did not see Magellan to be fit as their leader. They claim that he is “... taking them…

gold as well as native birds and plants to show the richness of the continent he believed to be Asia. When he and his ships arrived back to Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the financiers of his trip. Columbus’s letter also provides observations of the native people’s culture and lack of weapons, noting that “they are destitute of arms, which are entirely unknown to them, and for which they are not adapted;…

Christopher Columbus /Diego Columbus, Spanish Diego Colón was born 1479 in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands the oldest son of Christopher Columbus When his father managed the great voyage of discovery in 1492, Diego was made a page at the Spanish court. When his father’s died in 1506, he began a long struggle to regain his father’s former privileges in the Indies. Diego’s marriage to María Álvarez de Toledo, niece of the duque de Alba, the cousin of King Ferdinand, worked in his favour, and in 1508…

Miscovich’s appearance at the bench trial was neither his first nor his last attempt to establish his claim to the emeralds, but it did represent his fullest public account of their discovery. To hear him tell it, the story started as every treasure hunt should: in a bar, with a beer, over a map and a piece of coral-encrusted clay. In January 2010, Miscovich said, a handyman who had done work for him in Pennsylvania, a guy named Mike Cunningham, had arranged a meeting at the Bull & Whistle, a…

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Mubarak Khaled Alameri - 12s/A Explorer - (c.1451–1506)Introduction Colombo Cristoforo, or more commonly known as Christopher Columbus, was an explorer that made a large impact on history. In this report, I will take a journey to the past to discover the explorer’s life. From his early life to the legacy of his achievements. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: EARLY LIFE Christopher Columbus, the child of a fleece trader, was born in Genoa around 1451. When he was still a…