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    Columbus Day‚ the second Monday in October‚ represents the day Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. America should no longer continue to celebrate Columbus Day because he had a miserable legacy‚ he did not really discover America‚ and he was cruel. He had a bad legacy because he committed genocide‚ started slavery and racism. Columbus did not really find the United States‚ there were indigenous people there already that were settled and lived off the land. On top of all that he was very

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    down upon‚ as they are seen as savages. For example‚ in the  section Christopher Columbus‚ he writes a letter that goes into detail about his voyages. Due to the fact that the native people are not like him‚ he thinks of them as people who are lower status. In his letter he states "Among those other tribes who are excessively cowardly‚ these are ferocious; but I hold them as nothing more than the other" (546).  Cristopher Columbus also did not agree with the native people’s culture and beliefs

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    In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ America: land already inhabited by Native Americans. During this period‚ called The Age of Exploration‚ Europeans voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean for gold‚ God‚ and glory. History textbooks should include both the positive and negative consequences following Columbus’ arrival to the Americas. Even though they may tarnish his glorified image‚ textbooks should include facts such as Columbus’ use of coercion and slavery‚ introduction of diseases that ultimately

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    Zheng He or Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer that is considered to be the man who discovered the Americas. He was born somewhere between October 26 and 31‚ 1451‚ Genoa Italy and died May 20‚ 1506‚ Valladolid Spain. Due to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans Turks in 1453‚ the silk road became much more dangerous and difficult to traverse which led to sailors trying to find a way to Asia by way of the sea. Columbus made four transatlantic voyages in 1492

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    the king and queen of Spain in the late 15th century and early 16th century‚ Christopher Columbus describes his colonization of the new world as a massive potential for the seemingly untouched utopia of natural resources. The letter reveals a sense of urgency and uncertainty in Columbus derived from the competition between world powers over the Island of Espanola and the unknown direction the New World would take. Columbus’ purpose in writing the formal letter is to explain to the “Most High and Mighty

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    learning‚ researching‚ analyzing‚ creating‚ and improving their earthly quality of life. These new European beliefs however‚ were put to the test with Columbus’s discovery of the new world‚ and in some cases they were abandoned completely. In 1492‚ Columbus set sail for India and inadvertently stumbled upon a land full of riches but yet undiscovered by Europeans‚ the New World. A year later in his letters home to Ferdinand and Isabella‚ he describes the new land and the people he has found there. He

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    The letter Christopher Columbus wrote back to Spain to report his findings in the New World sparked intrigued me and sparked my imagination. Why I have been so absorbed in this letter I can not explain. This letter is supposed to be about describing an unknown land‚ a land that has not been seen by anyone besides the natives‚ but it seems that there is more to it than that. Columbus is known in elementary schools as the man who found the New World‚ and is regarded as a hero. To the contrary‚ historians

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    sneaking everywhere. I was just being typical. I secretly looked at and admired the brave Christopher. I admired the way he lead everything‚ oh really did I wish to be an explorer like him one day and

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    POPULAR CATHOLICISM Christopher Columbus was the catalyst that would forever change the lives of the indigenous population of Central and South America. Catholicism would become the standard for religion as it would take the lead to provide the one true God. Catholicism had the true representative of God on earth in the form of the Pope. The Catholic church for the first time would tolerate the co-mingling of other religions as long as they followed along with Catholic tradition. When the explorers

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    23‚ 2013 Christopher Columbus Assertion 1: Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest sailors and explores of all time. In 1492 he discovered a “new world” and linked Europe to the Americas. His discoveries enlarged the world and began a new age of exploration‚ therefore changing the history of the world. His Columbian Exchange was the foundation of the future world economy. [1] “Christopher Columbus can be considered a hero for his work on Christianity‚” says John Kimble. Columbus has spread

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