many detailed descriptions in his letter to the King Ferdinand‚ who had financed his journey with the intentions of completing three very clear goals. The first‚ “to procure riches for the Spanish empire‚” the second‚ “to find a new route to the East Indies‚” and lastly‚ “to convert native peoples to Christianity (Casper et al.‚ 4).” de la Casas had a much different intention than Columbus for why he journeyed to the new world. He traveled as a son of a poor merchant and observed all of the wrong doings
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Indian inhabitants of the New World‚ making them saintly and guileless. He describes these people as "humble‚ patient‚ peaceable‚ devoid of wickedness‚ obedient‚ faithful‚ devoid of vengeance‚ rancor’s‚ or hatreds" (Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies‚ 1). Then‚ in
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fauna (which led to the extinction of the dodo) and the flora that caused the extinction of ebony wood. However‚ they introduced sugar cane and imported Java deer. They left the island along with their slaves in 1710‚ following severe droughts and devastation
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus landed his ships on a foreign land‚ unknown the monumental era that would be started by his discovery. There he mistakenly dubbed the natives as Indians‚ believing he had successfully reached the “Indies.” Columbus’s epochical voyage would soon be followed by various power-hungry European countries‚ scrambling for their stake at the New World. Newly unified Spain who was eager their superiority‚ and religiously conflicted England both claim their share in the Americas
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In the textbook of Bartolome de las Casas From The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies‚ de la Casas said “This was the first land in the New World to be destroyed and depopulated by the Christians‚ and here they began their subjection of the women and children‚ taking them away from the Indians to use them and ill use them‚ eating the food they provided with their sweat and toil.” Base on this saying we can guest his thought about the New World and its inhabitants‚ he explains
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Tyrone Bolden 9-11-13 U.S. History This paper is about Christopher Columbus and how he sailed 33 days to find a quicker route to Asia. Only to land in the Caribbean islands and enslave the Indians to gain power and information. This suppose to show how Columbus was a villain instead of a hero discovering America. Christopher Columbus was terrible man. When he landed
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the activities of the great European explorers in the Age of Exploration should be viewed as crimes against humanity rather than historical achievements. Through the reading and first hand accounts entitled "Excerpts from Brief Account of the Devastation
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This particular work provides evidence that undermines the power of the Catholic church‚ like the discovery of “virtuous non-christians” and new vegetation and wildlife not found on the Eurasian continent. De Las Casas‚ Bartolome. “The Devastation of the Indies”. In Worlds of History‚ Volume Two: Since 1400. Fifth Edition. Edited by Kevin Reilly. Boston:
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From isolationism to interventionism‚ the US foreign policy altered drastically during the interwar period. In the late 1930s and early 1940s‚ the resurgence of militarism and fascism in Italy‚ Germany‚ and Japan‚ characterized by a series of events such as Nazi’s military expansion in Europe and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ended the American isolationism and inaugurated the era of interventionism. World War I had devastating impacts globally. The aftermath of the war included enormous military
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“Captives who survived evacuation from their interior points of capture experienced a new set of psychological and physical trauma at the coasts‚ where they saw the sea‚ huge slave ships‚ and white people for the first time.” (Robertson) It is estimated that between 9 to 11 million people died before the voyages to the Americas (“How Many People Were Taken From Africa?”). The Africans had to endure many hardships throughout their trip to the Americas and some did not make it. The trek to the coast
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