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    Voyage with Christopher Columbus It was the year of 1492‚ when I heard the news from my brothers‚ Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón‚ that Christopher Columbus will be leading a voyage to find a faster route to the East and that he will be recruiting sailors to help him on the voyage. My brothers volunteered for job; with the long years of experience Martín became the captain of the Pinta‚ and Vicente captained the Niña. These two ships is out of three ships and my brothers had the honor

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    learned about Columbus sailing to America‚ and being one of the  first to discover the land of the free‚ but what they dont tech everything in kindergarten.      Christopher Columbus was born in Itay‚ but he lived a part of his life in Portugal.  When he decided to voyage to America‚ he needed to find someone to find him. He had  a little bit of a hard time doing this. Many leaders or propel who had enough money to  find his journey did not think it would be worth it to them. Christopher Columbus

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    Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian explorer and navigator‚ completed four voyages across the Atlantic ocean. On his first voyageColumbus set sail for India‚ but ended up on the island of San Salvador. Although he did not reach his planned destination of India‚ he was still given credit for the establishment of the first European settlement in the western part of the world in the year of 1492. He had many tools and techniques that he used on his journeys. However‚ with modern sailing developments

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    First Voyage of Christopher Columbus” The personal journal was written by Christopher Columbus. Columbus possessed a familiar background pertaining to the Atlantic trade as he followed in his father’s footsteps. It was not until the age of forty-one Christopher Columbus made his first voyage of discovery. He believed that he could find a new and faster route to the Far East‚ which would be him wealth and fame. As he did just that‚ Christopher Columbus is known today for colonizing the New World

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    expedition and explored more islands in the Caribbean Ocean. Upon arrival at Hispaniola‚ Columbus and his crew discovered the Navidad settlement had been destroyed with all the sailors massacred. the wishes of the queen‚ who found slavery offensive‚ Columbus established a forced labor policy over the native population to rebuild the settlement and explore for gold‚ before returning to Spain‚ Columbus left his brothers Bartholomew and Diego to govern the settlement on Hispaniola and sailed

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    Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian explorer‚ born in the year 1451‚ voyaged across the Atlantic in search of a westward passage for direct trade with Asia in 1492. With burning ambitions‚ Columbus traveled to claim wealth and power for Spain and to convert the “pagans” of the New World to Christianity. Following in Spain’s footsteps to expand their country’s empires to the Americas‚ France‚ Portugal‚ and the Netherlands would send elite navigators to venture across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes to claim

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    American History I 07/08/05 Christopher ColumbusVoyage to North America Spanish exploration first began with a series of revolutions. First‚ the Commercial Revolution generated economic stability. Second‚ the Intellectual Revolution generated interest in the Earth’s composition and the pursuit of exploration. Europe then called for a political revolution to end the disorganized and disorderly rule of its government. This revolution returned order and stability to the government and renewed interest

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    Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 to find the New World also known as America. He was born in 1451 in Republic of Genoa‚ Italy to Domenico Colombo and Suzanna Fontanarossa. Columbus was the oldest of three brothers and one sister. His brothers names were Bartholomew‚ Giacomo‚ and Giovanni Pellegrino; his only sister’s name was Bianchinetta. Growing up his family was not very wealthy‚ so he only had a meager education. When he was a boy‚ he would help and work with his father. In

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    motivations for European interest in and colonization of the Americas was economic‚ including trade and the acquisition of wealth. Christopher Columbus’s (1451–1506) original impetus in sailing west from Europe was seeking a new passage to Asia to facilitate trade for Europeans. Although Columbus was incorrect about finding such a direct route‚ he did make contact with the New World and found a number of possibilities for economic gain. These included acquiring gold‚ precious metals‚ and mineral wealth both

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    Technology’s Impact on the Voyage of Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the Americans in 1492. Christopher Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria‚ with the Pinta and Nina along side. His first journey into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life. Christopher Columbus also had many other voyages to Africa. The technologies that we have today would have been very helpful to Columbus is the GPS‚ the microwave‚ and medical vaccines. Therefore‚ even though

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