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    “In the Year fourteen hundred ninety two‚ Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚” ask any child above grade level 5 and they’ll be able to recite these exact words. Growing up as a child in America one is ‘taught’ this over and over until those words are drilled into their head like nothing else. America has been founded on arguably one of the most bloodiest histories starting even before Christopher Columbus ‘found’ America. Christopher Columbus is known to be the one who founded America‚ as

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    Asia . The great Highness Ferdinand the second has rented and provided Christopher Columbus and the crew with the great Santa Maria‚My job is to work as a Helmsman steering the ship to land.About a week ago I had received a letter from the king‚ about going to explore‚ at first at didn’t care about it but after I saw the offers and jump at the chance. The crew and our captain said our goodbyes and set sail to Asia.Caption Christopher is using all water route He hopes this route will get us there faster

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    Negative Thinking vs. Positive Thinking “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought‚ pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought‚ happiness follows him‚ like a shadow that never leaves him.” –Buddha. Owning my own business has led me to read many books over many different topics‚ including books geared toward motivating the reader to succeed and teaching the reader how to motivate others. According to almost every motivational

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    “In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” I repeated back to my first grade teacher. She beamed with delight at her array of tiny first graders. Second grade‚ Christopher Columbus hats decorate our heads. Third grade‚ week long curriculum honoring the man who founded America. Fourth grade‚ learning from Eurocentric history textbooks who decorated the man’s accomplishments and perseverance. Middle school—my teacher dared to tell us the truth. All the Christopher Columbus holidays I

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    Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy in 1451. Ever since Columbus was a little boy he loved the sea. Christopher Columbus became a sailor at the age of 15 years old. After many years or experience with the sea and with a captain with him he became an excellent sea captain. Over the years Columbus collected all sorts of maps that showed that the earth was round some maps even showed that it was possible to sail west end up east. One of Columbus’s maps showed that Japan

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    Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer and navigator. He discovered the “New world” of the Americas on an expedition that was sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but never did. Instead‚ he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. His journeys kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents. He was born in what is now Italy. His parents’ names were Dominico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa

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    SSHW: 2 The first article accurately describe the terrible horrors that Columbus spreads throughout the land‚ such as mass homicide‚ rape‚ enslavement and plenty more treacherous things that are illegal all over the world. The first article explains how Columbus came to America and the native Americans flocked him with beautiful and mysterious (to him and the Europeans) gifts and treated them like gods yet Columbus writes that the "Indians" are foolish and ignorant. He sees them like tools he says

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    The great navigator Columbus Mr. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) navigator Spain famous and pioneering major geographical discoveries in human history. He was in his youth believer in the theory of spherical Earth and not leading the famous Marco Polo every respect and appreciation‚ and the determination to become a navigator. During the period between the year 1492 and in 1502 crossed the Atlantic Ocean four times and discovered the American continent and became a great crew in the history of

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    qualities required of Christopher Columbus in order for him to lead a safe and successful voyage to undiscovered and unexplored lands weighed heavily on him‚ as he was initially placed in a headship position in the course of the planning of the journey because he originated and entertained the idea of finding a passage to China through unmarked waters. With his assiduousness and persistence‚ his appeal and intelligence‚ he was able to convince the King and Queen of Spain to fund his trip. These issues

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    The second most guilty suspect on this voyage was Christopher Columbus. He was the one taking orders from the King and Queen and fulfilling them to the max. Columbus took the possession of Indian land and started to spread religion under his orders. However‚ he went over and beyond to do all of this for the King and Queen. He ordered men to enslave the Taino for them and to make them work in the mines for gold. Gold was all he and the King and Queen cared about. He even said‚ “Gold is most excellent;

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