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    As many have heard about Christopher Columbus‚ he discovered the New World. He was born in 1451‚ Genoa‚ Italy to a family of weavers and merchants. Before the discovery‚ Columbus was a wool worker‚ a sailor‚ a merchant‚ and a bookseller. He has studied mathematics‚ astronomy‚ cartography‚ navigation‚ and natural sciences at the “University of Pavia” (Young). Christopher Columbus left Spain to search for China and to spread the religion‚ but instead‚ discovered the New World. His voyage was captured

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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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    Columbus Day Should Not Be Celebrated Every year‚ on the second Monday in October‚ the people in the United States celebrate a national holiday in memory of Christopher Columbus‚ the one who discovered the new continent. However‚ because Columbus brought disasters to the Native Americans‚ many people opposed the Columbus celebrations. They began to think whether the Columbus Day should be considered as a national holiday in the United States. Certainly‚ Columbus Day should not be a national holiday

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    is - WAS THE Uttarakhand TRAGEDY A NATURE CAUSED DISASTER? ANSWER IS A BIG NO. The Land of Gods has turned into a ghost town. The images of devastation in Uttarakhand due to flash floods and landslides have sent shivers down one`s spine. The north Indian state which used to boast of some of India’s mightiest rivers and tributaries is now crying aloud the stories of devastation‚ destruction and death. The scene of nature’s fury is so horrible that it is now being dubbed as a ‘Himalayan Tsunami’. The

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    Vikings arrived in what is now Canada five hundred years before Christopher Columbus landed in the New World. Although Columbus didn’t discover America first‚ he became known for paving a way for a new era of human civilization. Many questions about the exploration of the New World: Was Christopher Columbus a hero or villain? Why were the English colonies more successful than France‚ Spain‚ and the Netherlands? Christopher Columbus started his famous voyage on August 3‚ 1492. After a dangerous three-month

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    1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann For New research has emerged revealing that Indians had roamed & utilized the great lands of the Americas long before any European ship landed on its coast in 1491. Therefore‚ a conflict lies in debates about whether or not Native Americans possessed a complex history before the arrival of Europeans. Like the author of 1491: New Revelations of The Americas Before Columbus Charles C. Mann‚ Archeologists and Historians

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    there was the birth of a man named Christopher Columbus‚ the son of a wool merchant. During Columbus early years he was known for sailing around the continent in hopes of finding the new world‚ but‚ later on he became known as an evil person. At the end of the 14th century‚ Christopher Columbus and the Europeans began their search for a direct route to Asia. The Portuguese main focus was to set sail east and south around Africa‚ however‚ Christopher Columbus believed he could sail west and help the queen

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    trees is used in making paper‚ building houses‚ making furniture[->3] etc. Some trees have medicinal value and help make medicine. Roots of the trees[->4] under the surface of earth are a natural water[->5] cleaning system. Trees are the reason all human life exists on earth. They give us food.They give us oxygen. Trees give us paper and if we dont save trees we wont have trees[->6] but also if you waste the paper then we wont have trees either so we need to save trees and also recycle. Hello

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    Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the republic of Genoa‚ Italy. Christopher Columbus sought to find a way to the Indies to find gold and spice. After receiving significant funding from Queen Elizabeth and King Ferdinand‚ he set sail on August 3‚ 1492 with three ships‚ the Pinta‚ Nina‚ and Santa Maria‚ with 104 men. The voyage he took to find gold and spice led him not to Asia but to the discovery of America which wasn’t the place he expected to arrive at. Christopher Columbus is responsible

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