During the late fifteenth century‚ Spain had many very qualified explorers that could have been sent to find a new trade route to India‚ but instead the monarchs chose Christopher Columbus‚ a Genoan. Although it would seem more likely that the King would send his own explorers to find a new passage‚ Columbus was the best choice for this mission. It was not because he was the best explorer available‚ but because he was the only one willing to make the trip and because Spain did not want to send
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Marco Polo is a Venetian explorer who made one of the most important travel books in history. His observations that he recorded were fascinating‚ in fact people thought his stories and observations were fiction until after he died. Due to Marco Polo’s successful travels and observations that he recorded‚ he educated many early Europeans about the continent of Asia and inspired people today to learn about the diverse cultures. Marco Polo’s travel book was extremely important because of his recorded
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer‚ that sailed for Spain‚ in the Age of Exploration. He landed in the Caribbean in the year 1492. He trading with the local people how he thought were Indians. People think that he should not be acknowledged for this accomplishment. Columbus day should be celebrated because it created important history events‚ it brought civilization to the new world‚ and it celebrates Italian immigrants in America. Columbus created important history events like the Pledge
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Pedro Álvares Cabral lived from c. 1467-1520. During his lifetime he made an expedition to India‚ but ended up discovering a new land in the process. He was born in Belmonte‚ Portugal‚ and was the son of respected nobles‚ in turn receiving many privileges from King Manuel I of Portugal‚ such as being made one of his counselors. This is how he got involved in exploration- King Manuel chose him to lead an expedition to the coast of southern India. The king made him the captain of a fleet of 13 ships
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Have you ever wondered what was Christopher Columbus’s early life like? What was Christopher Columbus known for? How would it be like today If Christopher Columbus never existed? Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy on October 31‚ 1451 and died on May 20‚ 1506 at age 54. His father‚ Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother’s name was Susanna Fontanarossa. Columbus first went to sea as a teen getting involved in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean seas. Christopher Columbus’s
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John Cabot is who I chose for my essay. I chose him because he seemed a interesting choice and I wanted to learn about someone new. John Cabot was born in c. 1450 and died in c. 1499. He became an explorer because when he was eleven he moved to Venice from Genoa and learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and nearby merchants. His father‚ Giulio Caboto was a spice merchant. In c. 1474 John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and later in life had three children‚ Ludovico‚ Sancto‚ and Sebastiano
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Gloria Deak’s Everything you Need to Know About Columbus The fascination of the voyages of Christopher Columbus will forever be told and celebrated by many. Gloria Deak answers the questions about Columbus’ historic endeavor to fill in the blank spots on who he was ‚what he set out to accomplish‚ and where he succeeded. Deak describes Columbus as a great sailor whose success in crossing the Atlantic Ocean was an unequaled feat of navigation. She goes on to explain that very little is given accurately
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Isabel is known as one of the greatest leaders in Spain. Along with her husband Ferdinand‚ she was wise in government‚ strong in war and courageous in heart. Isabel’s overall character is reflected in how she ruled her kingdom. Her most important feature is wisdom. Isabel and Ferdinand had both become fully in charge of the government. This enabled them to distribute justice and order in a court‚ listening to all who had a say in the grievances of the kingdom. Isabel and Ferdinand established a police
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COLUMBINA Columbina is the perky maid of the ’Old Man’‚ Pantalone. She is better dressed than the male servants as she is also a lady’s maid. She usually wears a knee length dress and an apron. The colouring of her clothes can be different in different acts‚ depending on her relationships with the characters and the scenario. She can be in a similar scheme to Arlecchino (where she is sometimes known as Arlecchina with similar diamonds and triangles)‚ or if she is assigned to a rival family of Arlecchino’s
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Horatio Nelson at a young age had a love for the sea and with help from his family‚ mainly his father‚ he was able to start his naval career on his Uncle Maurice Suckling’s ship the HMS Raisonnable. He started as an ordinary seaman which is one who has one to two years of experience at sea and later was able to be a coxswain‚ one who steers and guides the ship‚ until he was promoted into a midshipman which would give him training on how he could improve his skills so he could one day be a higher
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