Who Is Christopher Columbus A Hero

As many have heard about Christopher Columbus, he discovered the New World. He was born in 1451, Genoa, Italy to a family of weavers and merchants. Before the discovery, Columbus was a wool worker, a sailor, a merchant, and a bookseller. He has studied mathematics, astronomy, cartography, navigation, and natural sciences at the “University of Pavia” (Young). Christopher Columbus left Spain to search for China and to spread the religion, but instead, discovered the New World. His voyage was captured in a journal that was written by himself.
Columbus helped King Fernandes and Queen Isabella of Spain to bring wealth and fame. He was said to be a trustworthy person to the King and Queen of Spain. He was considered to be a hero. His first voyage
However, he was not the first person to see the land of San Salvador, instead “he saw the light” (Young). The first person to actually see the land was Rodrigo de Triana, he was a look-out man on the Pinta. Christopher Columbus renamed the Island to San Salvador (Holy Savior), but it was originally called Guanahaní. San Salvador was originally settled by the Spaniards, and afterward by the British. Indians from San Salvador told the Pinta ship’s captain, Martin Alonso Pinzon that the city of Cuba was very rich and larger and had huge amount of gold. Christopher Columbus landfall in San Salvador was not for a long time because his way was to the New World
he landed in the north coast of Cuba on October 28, 1492, because he was told that there was a great amount of gold to be found in the “Island called Samoete”(Young). However, he went looking for it, but did not find any. He renamed Cuba to Juana in honor of the young prince, the son of the King of Spain. To Columbus, the Island of Cuba felt like heaven. The beauty of Cuba such as “the clear water, the gorgeous colors, flowers, birds, and insects on land acted like a charm on Columbus and his sailors” (Young). He kept searching for gold in Cuba. His goal was to spread Christianity on his voyage as well as bring wealth to Spain. He thought that converting natives (the Indians) into Christianity was easy. Therefore, he used natives as an obstacle to achieving his goal, in other words, he did not treat natives with respect. He used them as slaves to continue his