Americans are celebrating the life of a man who enslaved innocent people and then forced paraded them through the streets of Spain. Sadly‚ this is true. Remembering and celebrating a person’s life is a great honor. When recognizing a figure in history‚ one honors the person because of their character. A hero is the best definition for this. According to Oxford University dictionary‚ a true hero is “a man (or occasionally a woman) distinguished by the performance of courageous or noble actions”
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explorers in search of alien lands. Everyone involved in the exploration was impelled by their own motives and desires‚ such as trade‚ personal wealth‚ glory and to spread Christianity. This can be summarised in the quote by Bernal Diaz del Castillo (1492/93 - 1584)‚ a sailor and later Conquistador‚ “to serve God and His Majesty‚ to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich‚ as all men desire to do". A key
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Americas while trying to prove his theory that Europeans could reach China by sailing west from Europe. After years of study‚ he approached the rulers of several European countries to fund his exploration. Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund the voyage and in August of 1492‚ Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos with three ships and 88 men. Columbus described this first voyage to the Americas in his ship’s log‚ which proves evidence of the clashing of ideology of the Indians
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and by sea. Both of these were very long and dangerous because they had no way of knowing what laid ahead for them. At this time they only knew of three continents: Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia. Little did they know there were actually seven. In 1492‚ a man named Christopher Columbus came along and hoped that he could find a faster and much safer route to Asia by water. He was one of the best Italian sailors of his time. He knew this journey would require more sailors
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discovery of America. In 1492‚ he commanded the first European expedition to navigate the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in the Americas. Even though he was not the first European to land on this continent‚ previous voyages had no valuable results. Columbus first expedition to America brought significant changes in the world. Indeed‚ his discoveries in West Indies led to the rapid‚ rampant‚ and permanent settlement. Furthermore‚ these voyages sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella showed eagerness and
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In fact‚ it was one of the richest and most sophisticated cities in Europe at the time. The Muslims introduce new crops and new agricultural technology. The Muslims share their architectural and poetic styles. Isabella and Ferdinand reconquer (reconquista) Spain from the Muslims. In 1492‚ Grenada‚ the last Muslim stronghold‚ falls‚ though the rest of Muslim Spain had fallen by 1248. Spanish Inquisition Note: Muslim Spain existed before and after the Crusades. While in the Islamic Empire‚ the Europeans
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to be another person who wanted to make a permanent religion change. This man happened to be Pope Innocent VIII‚ who happened to be in charge of the Catholic Church. In the year or 1486‚ Pope Innocent VIII had signed a treaty with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain that Catholicism would be the only region of the new territories. After this was decided; it became a mission to convert all natives into Catholics (Brinkley‚ pg.15-16). Soon enough the religion was spread throughout New England
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requested multiple countries to sponsor his journey to the west; most countries rejected him but he finally came to agreements with Spain in early 1492. Columbus was given three ships commonly known as the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria but Nina and Pinta were just nicknames the crew had given to them. “Mariners dubbed one of the three ships on Columbus’s 1492 voyage the Pinta‚ Spanish for “the painted one” or “prostitute.” The Santa Clara‚ meanwhile‚ was nicknamed the Nina in honor of its owner‚
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Sydney Kraeger 10 2/18/13 APWH Chapter 14 Cornell Notes Introduction * Aeneas Sylvus doubted whether anyone could convince the Christians leaders to take arms against the Muslims * French and English armies had been fighting for over a century * The German rulers didn’t really control their states * Spain and Italy kingdoms could not unite * The plague took away a third of the European people * 1200-1500 – a time of great progress because of the renaissance
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Not the First to Sail the Ocean Blue In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Although most students are taught this phrase‚ little else is taught or learned about Columbus. The history and background on Columbus and his voyage is typically unverifiable and often controversial. His need for wealth and power is not deserving of a national holiday. Students should know Columbus sailed the ocean blue on the Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria‚ in 1492‚ but there is much more unknown and untold about his story
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