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    Christopher Columbus’ Letter of Discovery rose‚ very quickly‚ to the top of European publishing in 1493. His letter spread the news of his voyage‚ in which Columbus claims to have discovered and captured multiple islands in the Indian Ocean in Asia. Obviously‚ Columbus was way off in his topography and actually landed in what we know now as Haiti/the Dominican Republic and Cuba. While exaggerating size and wealth‚ he also claimed‚ wrongly‚ that China was nearby. In the letter‚ Columbus is essentially

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    When Christopher Columbus and his soldiers came ashore‚ carrying swords‚ the Arawaks were the tribes that run out to their village to meet them‚ where they were very excited‚ but at the same time surprised to see these strangers on their land. As Christopher Columbus and the voyagers did not come to the island with good intentions. The Arawaks were naive peoples who like to share and believe in generosity. So‚ they exchanged everything they had only because they were impressed with the brightens

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    gets jealous very easily‚ but it always comes to the bottom part‚ which is how much we love each other. We call and write each other everyday; because he’s in college outside the country‚ we only get to see each other on vacations and some holidays. I love holidays‚ as I’m sure many people do‚ but my favorite one has to be Christmas...which is what I’ve decided to make my presentation about. Christmas to me is a celebration‚ which includes spending quality time with my family and loved ones‚ decorating

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    the Year fourteen hundred ninety two‚ Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚” ask any child above grade level 5 and they’ll be able to recite these exact words. Growing up as a child in America one is ‘taught’ this over and over until those words are drilled into their head like nothing else. America has been founded on arguably one of the most bloodiest histories starting even before Christopher Columbus ‘found’ America. Christopher Columbus is known to be the one who founded America‚ as stated

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    Christopher Columbus viewed the “New World” as an inspiring land of beauty‚ one which seemed flawless in his eyes as he arrived in the month of November. Upon discovery of the land he noted‚ “All are most beautiful‚ of a thousand shapes‚ and all are accessible and filled with trees of a thousand kinds and tall‚ and they seem to touch the sky.” (Columbus 26) However‚ for William Bradford the landscape of the “New World” posed many hardships and difficulties. In the eyes of Bradford “the weather was

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    Billie Holiday was known‚ as one of America’s most memorable and influential all-time great jazz vocalist. The inspiration for many aspiring singers today. Holiday had a successful career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction. Holiday was one of the best singers in the early 19th century and was discovered in 1932. She had a deep childhood that impacted her life to become a singer but also had influenced her to do drugs. Holiday smoked marijuana since she was young and then started

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    Therefore‚ during the great depression‚ people made several types of music and especially blues and jazz were one of medicines to heal the hopeless people in that period. There are several famous musicians in that period. But‚ I want to talk about Billie Holiday. She was uneducated woman and lived in unstable life cycle because of side affecting the great depression. So‚ she worked in the bar as singer. However‚ her talent of sing was very outstanding. As result‚ she recorded with best jazz band and

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    Christopher Columbus: An Evaluation of Contributions and Personality Who was the navigator‚ colonizer‚ and explorer extraordinaire that fearlessly journeyed the seas and “discovered” the great “New World”? It was Christopher Columbus‚ of course! However‚ in reality‚ Columbus didn’t actually discover the Americas. Rather‚ he traveled to an already-inhabited land with not-so-civilized inhabitants‚ and expropriated both the land‚ and the indigenous people. By doing this‚ he brought settlers from

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    Eleanora Fagan‚ a popular American jazz singer and songwriter‚ is one of the most influential and powerful vocal jazz singers. Also known as Billie Holiday‚ Eleanora Fagan is best known for capturing the attention of her audience with her amazing vocal and delivery skills. Her extraordinary manipulation of phrasing‚ tempo‚ and improvisation skills‚ make her an influential pioneer in American jazz music. Although she received some formal education from known artists such as Bessie Smith‚ and influence

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    Christopher Columbus is a man who is known in society simultaneously as a hero and a villain of his time. What if the world had to pick only one‚ what would it be? Many new studies and scholars believe that Columbus was the villain of his story not a hero as past information would lead us to believe. Past documents were all written from Europe’s point of view‚ this lead to extremely biased documents because Europe was the side to profit unlike the Native Americans. Columbus was the antagonist

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