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Christopher Columbus Argumentative Essay

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We’ve reached the land that Columbus discovered, our mission is to find a route to the Pacific and gain resources along the way. We’re currently traveling along the James river in search of the Pacific, I believe it’s June now because of the scorching heat my other shipmates can’t stand being outside for too long. Captain Christopher Newport has led us since our departure from, because of his familiarity of the area, along with Captain John Smith, this’ll be my first voyage out to the colonies so I hope it’s a successful one. Fate shows her cruel tricks on us by forcing use to turn back due to a waterfall blocking our path, I was so ready to reach the Pacific too. We’re currently on route towards another river, Captain Smith suggested, the Chickahominy River. I have higher hopes for this attempt it’ll even be cooler once we arrive. The Powhatan tribe has captured Captain Smith, it must have …show more content…

It hasn’t been long since he’s been kidnapped, probably a month or so, I expected to see him severely scared if he were left alive at the very least. But he’s here in one piece telling us what he’s learned about the Natives during his time with them. He claimed that they tried to kill him, but a tribesman by the name of Pocahontas intervened. He has seemed to have even created a kinship the Powhatan, it’s frankly unbelievable if you weren’t here to see the truth. I know that everyone back in England won’t believe it either. That whole voyage was unsuccessful in terms of finding a new route to the Pacific, but a total success from the point of uniting with the Natives with England. Currently I’ve returned home to England were news of Captain Smith’s brush with death was the current talk of the town. I even heard that he was going back to further explore America, and chart the region. I may try to join his voyage to the new world with him leading the helm, hopefully it won’t be as adventurous as the

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