Christopher Columbus The Americas Analysis

In Columbus’s account there are a lot of things he is trying to convey to the Spanish Monarchs. There are three main points that he is trying to convey. The first thing he is trying to convey to them is that the people are not advanced. In his account he speaks to this a lot. The first time he speaks to this he says that when he first arrived to the island all the people he encountered were “naked” and their hair looked like “horse’s hair”. Also he tells that the people would trade items worth a lot for basically what Columbus describes as junk. All of these accounts paint the Indians as not advanced people. A second thing Columbus tries to convey Is the beauty of the islands he is landing at. During his accounts Columbus talks a lot about how the scenery Is beautiful, and that there is many beaches. An example of this is when he describes one of the islands saying “In the centre of it, there is a very large lake; there is no mountain, and all is so green that it is a pleasure to gaze upon it”. Columbus’s journal entries are filled with accounts like this where he describes the topography of the land he is encountering, and its beauty.
He talks a lot about giving some of the local people tows to the islands, and also giving those people gifts that to him really didn’t cost much, but to the people they were worth a lot of value. In this way he was hoping once the people returned to the island they would describe Columbus’s kindness. In addition, Columbus refuses to take the cotton balls and things the Indians bring to trade, so that he can show his