Teacher Man World History December 2‚ 2013 Christopher Columbus Opinion Essay My opinion of Christopher Columbus is that he should not be celebrated. Columbus was a man of many faults‚ which need to be acknowledged. He was a man‚ not a god‚ who made mistakes‚ but never truly learned from them. Here are a few of his major mistakes. One of his known faults was being involved in the slave trade. On his original voyage Columbus and his men arrived in the Caribbean where they seized six “Indians”
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Christopher Columbus was born between August and October 1451 in Genoa‚ Italy. After 41 years‚ Christopher finally began his first voyage on August 3‚ C.1492. He had three ships‚ the Pinta‚ the Niña and the Santa Maria which the Queen and King of Spain gave to him for his first voyage. According to gilder lehrman‚ ‘Christopher sailed to the Bahamas that he called San Salvador but the indigenous people called it Guanahani. For nearly five months‚ Columbus explored the Caribbean Sea‚ Specifically the
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from our duties‚ we often think of Christopher Columbus and thank him for his accomplishments and contributions‚ but do we ever look beyond it & think how cruel he was to the native people of America? Columbus had found the new world in an attempt to find Asia and had sent many expeditions to explore the area heroically. That is what the majority of people think about when they think of Christopher Columbus. Little do they know‚ Christopher Columbus had a dark side. He was deceitful and merciless
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Christopher Columbus ten percent of the profit‚ if he would bring back gold and spices. Christopher Columbus was sent to Asia with three ships: the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. Columbus sailed for thirty-three days not sighting land. It wasn’t until early October of 1492 that he and his crew finally landed. He supposedly was the first to sight land and received a ten thousand maravedis as his reward. It was not him‚ but a member of his crew who first sighted land‚ Rodrigo. But Columbus got the
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xDear‚Mother August 3 1942 Today I depart on my voyage to 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
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Christopher Columbus could be considered successful in some ways‚ as an explorer and as a representative of Spain. Although there are a lot of negatives when you evaluate him as an explorer‚ he did discover land that was new to him and the Europeans. Because of this‚ he was able to bring gold and riches to Spain and Europe. He also changed lives in both the Old World and the New World‚ though the changes for the latter were detrimental and unpleasant. He introduced European colonization to the
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Columbus Day should be abolished because he was not the first explorer to arrive in the Americas. Many explorers before him landed there‚ but he was the first to conquer the native people and either enslave or kill them. In document 2‚ Online Petition‚ it states that the American Indians had already been living there for around 10‚000 years. Even if Columbus was the first to arrive in the Americas‚ he was not the discoverer. To say Columbus is entirely falsely praised would be stubborn and incorrect
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were atrocious. Brutal and cruel murders of millions of Indian peoples resound to this day. Their populations may never recover from such an incredible loss; the past can be ignored but never erased. However‚ we as Americans‚ celebrate Christopher Columbus day with joy. We think only of ‘The Founding of America’ and not by the means of which our country was constructed. To Indians everywhere this holiday is simply a remembrance of the murder‚ torture‚ rape‚ and enslavement of their people that last
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Trials and Tribulations of Christopher Columbus Growing up just outside a major Mediterranean Sea port‚ Christopher Columbus gained much interest in sea travel. In 1492 Columbus consulted the Spanish Monarchs‚ Ferdinand and Isabella‚ about mapping a route from Spain to Asia‚ which would help Spain gain precious resources. Throughout Columbus’ voyages he writes to high ranking officials in Spain regarding his discoveries‚ this is how historical records were kept. From there he would soon discover
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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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