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Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antillies, located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometers (90 miles) south of Cuba and 191 kilometers (119 miles) west of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located. Jamaica is located between the latitudes of 17° and 19°N and longitudes 76° and 79°W. The major cities in Jamaica include the capital Kingston, Portmore, Spanish Town, Mandeville, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Negril, and Montego Bay. Jamaica is…

At the beginning of the semester we discussed Christopher Columbus’s Letter to Luis de Santangel and Danticat’s “Maguana 1492” as part of the theme of wonder and horror. I really enjoyed that topic and found it interesting, so for my research paper I discusses how the wonder that was experienced in both of these texts are different. I claim that the wonder Columbus experiences is more fabricated and that he uses marvelous to raise his observations and the land he sees to a level of perfection,…

during history. Due to all the selfish acts and awful decisions Columbus is a Villain throughout history. To all the atrocious consequences. Columbus’s first stop was at Hispaniola. There he found a native tribe who called themselves the Taino. Columbus named them “Indians”, due to believing that he…

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” This is a rhyme that most of us heard in our elementary and middle school days. It is factual that Columbus did sail to the Americas, but where is the evidence behind the fact that he actually “discovered” this new land? As students, we know that there were natives living on the land before Columbus and, therefore, he did not actually discover a new world. After learning this fact, why is Columbus Day still relevant? Why do Americans get the day off to…

Only ‘90s kids remember when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Of course, these would be the children of the 1490s. Columbus faced numerous difficulties and rejections. He was land-zoned by Portugal and twice by Italy before Spain decided to invest. However, the Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon put him on hold until 1492, due to the Reconquista. The Santa Maria, Pinta, and Niña left Spain in August of 1492, heading for China and India. In contradiction to his plans, the…

Which upon landing Columbus decided to name it San Salvador and claim it for Spain. The native people there called the island Guanahani. The natives called themselves Tainos. They were open to trade with the sailors and traded glass beads, cotton balls, parrots and spears. Later in the month he sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China, and then in December he discovered Hispaniola, which he thought might be Japan…

route to India, but ended up landing to what is now the Bahamas. He had thought that he landed in Asia. In October 1492, Columbus went out on his voyage with the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. When Columbus landed, he encountered people called the Taino. He later claimed that island for Spain by plating banners and renamed the island San Salvador. Some of the effects that happened after this was, people finally realize that the world was not flat, and they advanced more in science and…

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa near a North Italian port in 1451. His birth name was Christoforo Colombo (Reid 6). When Christopher Columbus was nineteen, his mother died (Baker 35). Christopher Columbus was a weaver with his father, and then he became a sailor of the Mediterranean (“Christopher Columbus”). He always said that one day he would be the captain of his own ship (Baker 29). In 1480, Columbus married Felipa Parestrello e Moniz, at the age of twenty-nine years old. She was the…

Have you ever thought about Christopher Columbus? Many people think of him as a good person. Even further, a hero. However, I’m going to disagree with them on that statement. You maybe wondering why I disagree with him being a good person or even a hero. People know the outside effects on Columbus like the year he was born in 1451 and was sent off by the queen of Spain called Isabella. Well that's just the minor stuff and it’s not harmful at all. Let's get into some bad things that Christopher…

The Europeans first developed ships and other maritime technology in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Using these ships, they were able to conquer distant lands and establish fortified trading outposts. All this helped helped bring in the money needed to finance further exploration and conquests. The wealth also helped bring Europe more power than it has ever seen before. Their invasions in the Americas caused a great deal of change though. All the European microbes, plants,…