Isabella Linton

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…

he became the king of Sicily, an island near Italy. Before he became the king of Aragon, he married Isabella I in 1469. She was the future queen of Castile, and Ferdinand was the future king of Aragon. In 1474, Isabella inherited the throne of Castile. John II died in 1479, and Ferdinand II then rose to the throne of Aragon. This personal union established by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella united the kingdoms or Aragon and Castile, creating the modern nation of Spain. The two monarchs…

During the age of voyage, many captains and sailors traveled to the new continent with the support from the rich merchant or a royalty. The captains would then report important factors about the new continent to his sponsor through his letters. The Letters written by Christopher Columbus and Second Letter to The Spanish Crown written by Hernan Cortes are the two examples of successful letters that are written during the age. The two authors share the numbers of affinities in their letters, which…

Bernard Berenson was born in Lithuania in 1865, and moved to America when he was 9 years old. Berenson studied art history at Harvard on scholarship, and set off traveling Europe in 1887 with monetary help from patrons, specifically Isabella Stewart Gardner. When money started to run out Berenson still desired to stay in Europe, so he became active in the art market. In 1890 England, Berenson met his future wife, Mary Smith, and with her collaboration, began writing books on Italian art. His…

and Isabella demanded tribute from Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain. The Moorish King of Granada replied in 1476 that, “The mints of Granada coined no longer gold, but steel!” The Catholic Monarchs began attacking in 1482, Ferdinand leading the armies and Isabella supplying them from the rear even though she was pregnant with her fourth child. A 50,000-man Spanish Christian army drove the Moorish King Mohammed XI out by 1492 along with all remaining Jews. Ferdinand and Isabella…

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…

In his article “The Intricacies of Accommodation: The Proselytizing Strategy of Matteo Ricci,” Yu Liu evaluates the missionary work of Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit, in China during the late sixteenth century. While Liu formulates several well supported claims throughout the article, he lacks a strong thesis that unifies them together. In addition, when judging the effectiveness of Ricci’s work, Liu seems to have a bias towards his effect on China, neglecting to mention the important effect…

Magellan is credited for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe, when actually he died in the Philippines, about halfway into the journey. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sailor, but for his most known trip, he sailed under a Spanish crew. He was born in Portugal in 1480 and died in 1521 on a Philippine island because of a physical fight with local villagers. As a person and captain, Magellan was not worth defending. Some reasons are he died in the Philippines abandoning his…

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;…