How Did Christopher Columbus Successful

Christopher Columbus was an Italian born navigator who sailed in the service of Spain. He is commonly described as the discoverer of the New World America. Although Columbus was in search of a westward route to Asia by sea, the discoveries he did make were more important and valuable than the route he failed to find. It is certain, however, that Columbus was not the first European to cross the Atlantic. Documentary evidence supports claims that the Vikings reached the New World about A.D. 1000. And there is good circumstantial evidence, though no documentation, to suggest that both Portuguese and English fishing vessels made the crossing during the 14th century; they probably landed in Newfoundland and Labrador. Columbus, though he sailed a
Bartolome de Las Casas on the other hand, was a Spanish historian and Dominican missionary who was the first to expose the oppression of native peoples by Europeans in the Americas and to call for the abolition of slavery there. His several works include Historia de las Indias (first printed in 1875). A prolific writer and in his later years an influential figure of the Spanish court, Las Casas nonetheless failed to stay the progressive enslavement of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. To begin with, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas. He called the island San Salvador; but “the Indians called it Guanahani.”(Columbus pg 1) Columbus explored the Caribbean; mainly the islands of Juana. Columbus returned back in Spain and wrote a letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella telling them about his discoveries. While discovering the islands, Columbus gave his impression of the islands and he described the different natural