The Pros And Cons Of Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover the Americas. According to page 290, Scandinavian Vikings had already established settlements in the North American continent long before the arrival of Columbus. An example would be Icelandic explorer Leif Ericson. Leif Ericson formed a

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer who is well known for “discovering” North America. In reality Christopher was trying to get to China and thought he was in Japan all 4 times he went to North America. He was actually in what is now the Bahamas and Cuba. And really Christopher didn't even discover America. The Native Americans beat Columbus by thousands of years.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus led 90 sailors in three ships on a voyage into the unknown. As the voyage dragged on, the sailors grew angry. Columbus wrote: "I am told . . . that if I persist in going onward, the best course of action will be to throw me into the sea some night." Before that could happen, a lookout from the ship Pinta made the signal that he had spotted land. On October 12, 1492, Columbus left his ship, the Santa María, and went ashore.

Columbus Day is an American and patriotic holiday celebrated in all 50 states of the U.S since 1971, when congress passed the law. America should not continue to celebrate Columbus Day because he brought cruelty, heś been given false credit, and the legacy of the day is not as wonderful to Native Americans and African Africans. With ¨discovering” America, he also brought cruelty to the the indigenous people because he tortured, killed, and encourage his men to rape the native women. There are things that he didn't even do and he was still given credit such as discovering America. The legacy of the Columbus Day is not as remarkable to the Native Americans and African Americans because it just reminds them the cruelty that happened.

In the article “Christopher Columbus: Here or Villain” written by B. Myint starts his article by correcting a common false facts about Christopher Columbus. Also Myint mansions the great success of a man with 41 years old that his journey changed the world. The author claims that in the 15 century was a widespread believe among the educated Europeans that the earth is rounded. The writer mansions the deal between the Spanish Royal family and Christopher, which he must agree on a necessary terms to fund his trip. According to the author Christopher Columbus enslaved the native Americans right after they peacefully and generously welcomed him and his crew. The writer states that after seven years of Christopher deal with the Spanish Royal family

The Columbian Exchange was a pivotal and devastating period in history. Although, during this exchange Europe, Asia, and America traded goods, they also traded diseases. Most of the exploration done during the 15th century began with somewhat understandable motives. As the explorations progressed their motives turned bloodthirsty. Europe, Asia, and America all had major changes due to the exchange. The Natives Indians from the New World were the ones who lost the most because of the Columbian Exchange. While the Europeans gained the most. Due to this exchange the outcomes of our world today are many and we see them daily. However, as heroic or life changing Christopher Columbus was, his legacy was not fully known and is not as heroic

The idea of such a voyage was drastic because no one at those times knew how big the world really was. No one recognized how far it would be, or how long it would take to get to the other side of the world. Scholars had presented several different ideas about how long the world was. In the end, it turned out that they all had underestimated the Earth’s size, believing it to be much smaller than it

Christopher Columbus, the man we all know as a hero, because of his so called “discovery” of America. He may have discovered America in the eyes of the Europeans, but should we really call him a hero? He has committed many actions that are not superiorly told the way his discovery was spread out to the world. Did u know that he was the reason of African slavery? I’ve never heard about a hero that treats people according to their race. Nor have I heard about a hero that watches people suffer from diseases, rather than helping them. And who knew Columbus had a mind of greed. In his mind, only the thoughts of gold and empowerment was floating around. Ever did he know the Europeans/Spaniards would look up to him. They had followed in his footsteps in wanting to become rich, and they did anything to achieve this goal.These are the reasons why we should characterize Columbus and his legacy negatively.

Christopher Columbus as we know is the historical person credited for the discovery of the New World. Zheng He was a Hui-Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa. Each men and their fleets had two completely different reason for their travel. Christopher Columbus purpose was to find a new trade way to the Asian countries. Zheng He's purpose was to enlarge empires control of seaway trade. Zheng He's voyages took place in the Indian Ocean and Christopher Columbus's took place in the Atlantic Ocean. Though their voyages were different they both made a huge impact on the politics, economics and human civilization.

Christopher Columbus: Columbus’s main objective was to find a direct ocean way west from Europe to Asia but he ended up coming across something much greater, “”the Americas”. Columbus didn't “discover” America, he however marked the beginning of conquest and colonization of the Atlantic.

My family when surveyed all voted villain. Chloe 12 year old, “if someone came to your house, kill all your people and took your house for theirs, equals V-I-L-L-A-I-N.” You have to love teenagers. The debate has been discussed many times and visiting some online sites to see opinions it seems the villain description wins. (Debate.org) I personally have a hard time labeling him a villain. He was a brave and adventurous man. Can you imagine the slack he was getting from the naysayers? This you have to give him props for!

An inspirational quote belonging to Christopher Columbus reads as follows: "By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination." With this attitude, Columbus prevailed over an abundance of his problems; although, there are modern tools that would have assisted in said triumphs greatly. Shipwrecks, scurvy, and superstition were amongst the variety of obstacles Italian explorer Christopher Columbus faced throughout his voyages to the New World during the 15th century. Countless inventions have come to life during the years after Columbus’ last journey in 1502. Many of these innovations could have served useful to the explorer as he faced problems on the open sea. Three particular inventions

Christopher Columbus, the man credited for finding America, was the one to discover tradewinds when they blew his three ships from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas. In 1492, it took Christopher Columbus 36 days to sail his 3 vessels a distance of 5,400 miles across the Atlantic Ocean at its widest point. In 1970, a Norwegian archaeologist constructed a boat made out of reeds (just as ancient Egyptians would build their boats) and trade

Christopher Columbus, a Spanish captain who sailed to find new found land for the King and Queen of Spain. Columbus was a unique person in the middle Ages. Columbus was not born into the richest family but he was able to teach himself on how to sail and navigate the sea just by working on boats at a very young age. He was a man that worked very hard to earn the rank of captain of the seas, with this rank he became famous in European and American history and change the meaning of sailing.

Historians still debate, after 500 years of Ferdinand Magellan’s death, whether his title of the first man to circumnavigate the world should to belong to someone else. Magellan and his slave is a hard and cloudy topic to cover as there is so little evidence coming directly from the possible navigators; nothing is known beyond what Antonio Pigafetta wrote of Magellan and Enrique of Malacca on the day of the massacre, May 1st of 1521. With this, it is hard to come up with an answer, but also difficult to give Magellan full credit. Though the Portuguese explorer has input mass time and comprehension to his three-year expedition, he was not able to return to his country, as he was stabbed to death in the Philippines. History however, suggests