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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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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The Difference between a Hero and a Tragic Hero The tragic hero is one of the most interesting characters within a Greek or Roman play. They depict many emotions and often their lives end in a horrible disaster. When we think of a hero‚ what automatically comes to mind? To some it may be someone legendary. Others might think of a hero as someone of great strength or ability. Perhaps someone admired for their achievements and great qualities. To me‚ it once meant someone that showed great courage
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[Who can be a hero? And why? A soldier who fights diligently for his country. A man fixing a woman’s car. on his free time. A doctor caring for his/her patients. And strong leader who is physically and mentally ready to lead a country. Or a hero can be anyone willing to help people knowing that they can’t help all."And there you go‚ a hero can be every day‚ common people. Most of what they do go unappreciated or unheard of."(pg73)] [To start‚ a hero unlike a superhero though have many similarities
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Dakota Holgard APUSH Columbus Questions 1. In 1492‚ Ferdinand and Isabella had just ended a war with the Moors‚ otherwise known as Muslims‚ and conquered Granada. In the same year‚ Jewish people were expelled from the Spain‚ and Columbus was granted passage to India via a western route. 2. The King of India is referred to by Columbus as the Great Can‚ meaning the King of Kings. 3. Columbus seeks out India in order to “learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to
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Social Studies Fifth Grade – 24 students 50 minutes II. RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND: The purpose of this lesson is for the students to read alternative sources about Christopher Columbus and express their opinion about whether he should be celebrated. The students will read an article about Christopher Columbus and highlight in one color the positive influence of Columbus’s life and in another color the negative influence of Columbus’s life. Then‚ the class will discuss the positives and negatives
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Christopher Columbus’ Letter of Discovery rose‚ very quickly‚ to the top of European publishing in 1493. His letter spread the news of his voyage‚ in which Columbus claims to have discovered and captured multiple islands in the Indian Ocean in Asia. Obviously‚ Columbus was way off in his topography and actually landed in what we know now as Haiti/the Dominican Republic and Cuba. While exaggerating size and wealth‚ he also claimed‚ wrongly‚ that China was nearby. In the letter‚ Columbus is essentially
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story contains archetypes and these archetypes have been the same throughout history. These archetypes help the reader in many ways. The heroic archetype reflects human nature in the characters Ralph and Sir Gawain through their reluctance to become a hero and the acknowledgement of their faults. People do not always get to choose the bearings they go through in life. Both Sir Gawain and Ralph did not originally set out to be heroes. The situations they were put into both triggered
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Christopher Columbus viewed the “New World” as an inspiring land of beauty‚ one which seemed flawless in his eyes as he arrived in the month of November. Upon discovery of the land he noted‚ “All are most beautiful‚ of a thousand shapes‚ and all are accessible and filled with trees of a thousand kinds and tall‚ and they seem to touch the sky.” (Columbus 26) However‚ for William Bradford the landscape of the “New World” posed many hardships and difficulties. In the eyes of Bradford “the weather was
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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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