Introduction: Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451‚ was a master navigator and admiral who made four transoceanic voyages (1492-93‚ 1493-96‚ 1498-1500 and 1502-04) launched a way for all European exploration. Columbus is known for discovering the New World (The Americas) and made his journeys under the sponsorship of Queen Isabella the 1st and Kind Ferdinand the 2nd. Columbus’ family was not wealthy‚ but they did manage. His family consisted of his father Dominico Columbus‚ his mother‚ Susanna
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In northern Europe after the Middle Ages‚ monarchies began to build the foundations of their countries that are still in affect today. During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries these "New Monarchs" made many relevant changes in their nations. During the middle of the fifteenth century Europe was affected by war and rebellion‚ which weakened central governments. As the monarchies attempted to develop into centralized governments once again‚ feudalism’s influence was lessened. This
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history of the West Indies does not grow gradually‚ as most Old World histories grow‚ out of a more remote mythological or archaeological past. It begins abruptly with a definite event: the arrival of the first European discoverers in Columbus’s fleet in 1492.”1 This quote sums up the written (from a European point of view) historical finding of what is now known as the West Indies based on the writings of cartographer Christopher Columbus after he set out on his “La Empresa de la Indies”-Enterprise of
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Christopher Columbus Cristoforo Colombo‚ also known as Christopher Columbus was born in the city of Genoa‚ Italy in 1451. He was born into a family of Christians‚ which consisted of his father‚ Domenico Colombo‚ his mother Susanna Fontanarossa‚ and his younger brother Bartholomew Colombo. Christopher and his brother served in the Portuguese Merchant Marine‚ which is where he learned many of his skills necessary for sailing. He learned how to be a chart maker which assisted him in his later discoveries
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Expulsion of Moors In 1492‚ Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II conducted a terms in which Muslims are allowed to preserve their mosques and religious institutions‚ to retain the use of their language and to continue to abide by their own laws and customs. But within seven years these terms had been broken. The Moors‚ the descendants of the Muslim population‚ were given a choice between to convert to Christianity or exile. For the majority‚ baptism was the only practical option. So the Spanish
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Christopher Columbus: Letter Concerning the First Voyage In Christopher Columbus’s letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain‚ he described the details of his expedition to locate a more productive route to the East Indies. The fifty-six second book trailer provides the viewer a different perspective than the letter offers. The trailer uses Columbus’s depiction of the people‚ land‚ and vegetation to show what it must have been like to live in a place untouched by technology. The first
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Columbus was an Italian navigator who was funded by the Spanish government to find a route to the Far East. He discovered the “New World‚” although he believed he found India. Columbus visited the New World four times‚ but he first saw land on October 12‚ 1492. 7. Hernan Cortez: Hernan Cortez was a Spanish explorer who conquered the Native American civilizations of the Aztecs in 1519‚ in current Mexico. 8. Francisco Coronado: Francisco Coronado was a Spanish soldier and commander. In 1540‚ he led an expedition
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However‚ it also left Spain as a cultural powerhouse in Europe which was still largely medieval in 15th century. Spanish philosophers and scholars exerted strong influence and their craftsmen were well known across Europe. Ferdinand and Isabella united Spain and by 1492 expelled the Moors entirely form the country. They were determined to Christianize Spain and instituted the Inquisition to hunt down and punish heretics/in addition to the Moors tey expelled all the Jews from the country. Influences
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that created a New World” (The American journey p18). He had four voyages that where all funded by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Although Christopher Columbus was not the first to reach America from Europe‚ the voyage of 1492 occurred at a critical time of economic competition between countries seeking wealth by establishing an all water trade route to Asia. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand bought into the idea and funded his journeys. He followed his planned course to India but instead landed
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Cristoforo Colombo" and "Cristóbal Colón" redirect here. For other uses of "Cristoforo Colombo"‚ see Cristoforo Colombo (disambiguation). For other uses of "Cristóbal Colón"‚ see Cristobal Colon (disambiguation). Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus.PNG Posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo‚ 1519. There are no known authentic portraits of Columbus.[1] Born Before 31 October 1451 Genoa‚ Republic of Genoa‚ in present-day Italy Died 20 May 1506 (aged c. 54)
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