One of the primary motivations for European interest in and colonization of the Americas was economic‚ including trade and the acquisition of wealth. Christopher Columbus’s (1451–1506) original impetus in sailing west from Europe was seeking a new passage to Asia to facilitate trade for Europeans. Although Columbus was incorrect about finding such a direct route‚ he did make contact with the New World and found a number of possibilities for economic gain. These included acquiring gold‚ precious metals
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer‚ that sailed for Spain‚ in the Age of Exploration. He landed in the Caribbean in the year 1492. He trading with the local people how he thought were Indians. People think that he should not be acknowledged for this accomplishment. Columbus day should be celebrated because it created important history events‚ it brought civilization to the new world‚ and it celebrates Italian immigrants in America. Columbus created important history events like the Pledge
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1.) Christopher Columbus in his letter to Luis de Sant’ Angel‚ a baptized Jew and finance minister to Ferdinand II who made the case to Isabella I in favor of Christopher Columbus‚ Announced his discoveries in the New World. He further pushed the potential of the newly discovered land by emphasising on the lack of local government and the abundant resources. Columbus certainly overstates his findings. This could be taken as attempt to sell the "Indies" to Ferdinand and Isabella to pay off his previous
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for Columbus’ journey to satisfy his curiosity‚ which meant he needed to find a very convincing reason to his supporters. So‚ Columbus claimed that any of his backers would become rich‚ drawing the Spanish rulers attention. These Spanish rulers‚ Ferdinand and Isabella‚ had two main reasons for signing to the project. Other than the tempting profits‚ they wanted to spread Catholicism to any new land they could possibly reach. Luckily‚ Columbus arrived at Spanish court when the
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Columbus Had to Be Rescued from His Fourth Voyage Even though he was brought back from his latest voyage in chains‚ Columbus did not suffer much consequence. He was stripped of his governorship‚ but King Ferdinand granted him his freedom and even subsidized a fourth voyage. The fourth expedition left Spain in May 1502 and made landfall at Martinique before sailing on to Santo Domingo. As soon as he arrived there‚ he was denied permission to land. His ships encountered a hurricane but managed to weather
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talking about Christopher Columbus who everyone say discovered America but really didn’t.I believe we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus day because his discovery caused the death and dislocation of the natives.I this speech I will give reasons on why we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus day. My first reason is that Columbus never discovered North America. He found in 4 of his voyages the Bahamas‚Hispaniola and a few of the South American countries(Reconsidering the legacy of Christopher Columbus).When new
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inhabited the new world. Also‚ technology in means of mass communication was improved upon. Europeans loved exotic spices from the East Indies‚ but the traditional route was very dangerous‚ expensive‚ and took many long years. Well‚ in 1492 Christopher Columbus went out on a search for the Spice Islands but he didn’t take the traditional route‚ he went west in search of a cheaper way. He was at sea for a month before he landed on the shore of what he thought was the Spice Islands‚ in actuality he
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Columbus came to the New World for a variety of reasons. A few of these reasons included: wealth‚ converting non-Christians and to prove the theory of the earth being round. On Columbus’ journey to the New World he had actually set out on his project that he called “Enterprise of the Indies”. In this project he had set out to reach east by sailing west. Columbus wanted to prove the theory of the earth being round. Now Columbus’ journey was mainly based on the works of Ptolemy. If Ptolemy’s works
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’for the world of the caribbean the arrival of Columbus constituted a major turning point Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who was credited with "discovering" the New World (a European term for the continents of North America and South America). Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean and South America between 1492 and 1504. As a boy‚ Columbus worked as a sailor on merchant and war ships in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1476 he went to Lisbon‚ Portugal‚ where he learned
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The True Columbus November 23‚ 2012 The True Columbus History has always been a topic that I personally have never thought could be wrong or false; it has always been something that I thought was unquestionable‚ but Hans Koning opened my eyes to the fact that we should always question history and explore things further. The stories told about Columbus are those of heroism and adventure‚ but Hans Koning explains in his book Columbus: His Enterprise that our beliefs on who Columbus was as a
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