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    What do you‚ Mrs Rock‚ have in common with Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci? A love for science and exploration‚ of course! You could be just like them and go discover land for America. You could find a new island large enough for a big population. Who knows what land you will reveal . The only way to find out is to follow your dream. After all ‚ Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci did. In the middle of class‚ you sometimes stop and tell stories related to our lesson about your

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    . That same year he took to the seas on his second 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

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    Christopher columbus is known for discovering the americas in 1492. He was an italian explorer and navigator in the 1400s and was hired by the spanish monarchy to find the “new world” as in the america’s but on accident. He led 3 ships to set out and find such land the names of the ships were the Santa Maria‚ Nina‚ and the Pinta. He was supposed to find a direct water route from Europe to Asia but landed at the america’s. Though he was not really the man to first find the americas because they

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    all know that the majority of geniuses are pretty crazy‚ but did you know that Christopher Columbus & Marie Curie were some of the craziest out of the bunch? They both have their similarities and their differences. Christopher and Marie Curie had their differences like about their work ‚ what they did ‚ and etc. THey both died in different years. Christopher died in 1506 and Marie died 428 years later . Christopher died of Reiter’s syndrome‚ and Marie died of aplastic anemia from constant exposure

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    Prior to Christopher Columbus’s exploration to the Americas‚ there were many things that Europe lacks and many things that the Native Americans lacked. There were no domesticated animals in America before the English came‚ they relied the transporting of goods on Llamas‚ as they were the biggest animals on the land. There were scarcely any mammals left in America after the ice age. The summer of 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sent Columbus on the biggest and most monumental exploration that discovered

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    1490’s of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Caribbean islands‚ there was not a single thing that could make his conquest fail. His conquest began with meeting the Taino people. Despite the Taino not knowing who these explorers were or where they came from they were friendly and open toward the Europeans. With his exploration‚ in the Americas in place‚ it sets forth many drastic‚ harsh‚ and cruel living standards for the Native Americans. Many factors and advantages played a role in Columbus’ successful

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    Many think that Christopher Columbus discovered America‚ but that may not be true. Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean in 1492 it is believed that Bjarni Herjolfsson‚ a Viking‚ may have been the first European to see North America with his crew he went looking for his father traveling from Ireland to Greenland. He was led off course by bad conditions. He came to land that wasn’t Greenland‚ and he didn’t want to stop despite his crew wanting to. He continued to Greenland he reached his

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    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 its best navigators on such a mission. At

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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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    Christopher Columbus and Alvez Nunez Cabeza de Vaca were both explorers for Spain‚ but under different rulers and different times. The more famous‚ Christopher Columbus‚ came before de Vaca’s time. Columbus sailed a series of four voyages between 1492 and 1504 in search for a route to Asia which led accidentally to his discovery of new land inhabited with Indians. Christopher sailed under the Spanish monarchs‚ Ferdinand and Isabella for his journey to the "Indies‚" whom he was loyal to by claiming

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