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    Columbus Day? Around the world today‚ Columbus Day is considered a holiday and celebrated in October. Usually falling on the second Monday‚ students get time off school and adults get time off work. This day is meant to celebrate Christopher Columbus‚ the one who discovered this new world. However‚ many people are against the Columbus Day celebrations. Columbus Day should be set aside as a day of mourning instead. Columbus mistreated many Native Americans. “Columbus and his men enslaved many

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    2013 Am Hist I (12pm) Mazurek Homework #1 A) “Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492...” This popular poem has become engraved in the minds of many children for years. From a young age‚ certain facts about the discovery of America are taught. What is not being realized is that many specifics are being omitted from lessons. This being said‚ it is important to note that it is no longer as simple to just explain that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Even in many history textbooks throughout

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    Christopher Columbus: Hero Or Villain By: Martin Boykin Christopher Columbus can in no way‚ shape‚ or form be considered a hero. A hero is someone who performs good deeds for the sake of others and not for their own benefit. Christopher Columbus did not do a single good deed in any of his four voyages in the late 1400 ’s. Christopher Columbus was not the founder of the Americas we live in today because he did not set a single foot on these grounds‚ even if he did there were already the natives

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    14th of March‚ 1493‚ Christopher Columbus composed a letter to Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon in regards to his first voyage. In his letter‚ Columbus claims to have discovered and taken possession of a series of Islands‚ located on the Indian Ocean‚ thirty-three days after his departure from Cadiz. Columbus goes on to describe the islands‚ one of which being Hispaniola‚ exaggerating their size and riches and suggesting that China lies nearby. Columbus presents the islands in a way that

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    De-Extinction is one of the hottest topics in the science world currently and it tops the lists of conservation and genetic scientists alike for next big project. Though this could be a great way to learn of past species and finally see them for ourselves‚ at what cost is a species revived? The idea of bringing back an extinct species‚ such as some type of dinosaur‚ comes with many questions that most find to be debatable. Conflicts arise from every aspect of this “new” animal including how it is

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    Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen-hundred-ninty-two. He came over from Spain in three ships‚ the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria and discovered America‚ or at least that was what I was taught in elementary school. Since then there has been much controversy going on over the issue of weather or not Christopher Columbus really "discovered" America because when he landed in San Salvador he was not alone. Native Americans already inhabited the land and they had been

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    Columbus Day should not be celebrated because he took credit for “discovering America” and most people believe Columbus discovered America even though Columbus did not discovered America. And in the eyes of the Native Americans‚ Columbus is considered to be an evil man‚ because of the harm he has caused the Native Americans. For example‚ he enslaved many Natives‚ he tortured

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    excellent post! I had not heard or read before‚ that Christopher Columbus was imprisoned for his crimes and treatment of the Spaniards in his colony‚ and lost many of his titles and his wealth. There certainly were a lot of myths that were created by posterity in regards to Columbus‚ from the one I once read that said that scientists and navigators of his time believed that the Earth was flat or even square‚ when in fact‚ it was Columbus that was wrong about the Earth‚ and thought it far smaller than

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    Janine Marie Riddick HIS 141 Mr. Van Gilder Project 1 02/15/14 Discovering Columbus County Columbus County has become my home for the past three years. During my exploration of Columbus County I chose to ask Michael Brown‚ Mark Howard‚ Christina Perdue; MD‚ Dr. Kevin Bratton; Ph.D.‚ and Addie Mae Haley. I thought it would be interesting to get the opinions of five people with different occupations‚ and experiences in life. Michael Brown is a Southeastern Community College student‚ his major

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    They have been many clams to whether or not Christopher Columbus is a hero or a villain. Due to the elementary schools around the country telling the good things about Columbus. Well there are also many bad actions that not many people know of. Christopher Columbus was a man of many talents. As a young man he became very dedicated to the sea. He sailed with his brothers and father on small voyages as a young man. As he got older one of his first jobs was making and selling maps to sailors. (Puerto

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