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    Christopher Columbus was on his fourth voyage and he was looking for a way to China. That’s when he came across the country named Panama‚ which stretches only 60 miles‚ where he found Indians who had tons of gold. But he was looking for a way to China so he sent his brother Bartholomew to search for more gold. At first Indians were willing to lead the Spaniards to the gold‚ but eventually they got tired and led the Spanish back to the coast. When the Indians did this they were abused. Eventually

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    Christopher Columbus In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus began a historic voyage to the New World. Columbus discovered a new continent and proved his theory that the earth was not flat. His discovery of this new land sparked interest in many large European countries to discover the New World. The new super power of Europe‚ England‚ decided to sail to the new continent. The English settled along the shores of the present day United States of America. Along the mainland‚ they found many people of

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    Portugal eventually was successful in having trade stations in India‚ Africa‚ China‚ and the East Indies. Christopher Columbus’ exploration in 1492 was encouraged by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Columbus’ motives were to spread the word of Christianity and find wealth‚ mostly in gold. He landed in the Americas four times and southern portions of the Bahamas. He later moved to Hispanola were he could trade with the Arawoks. Some of the famous Spanish explorers were Vasco Balboa‚ Ferdinand Magellan

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    as my teacher drones on and on about Christopher Columbus and about how he “discovered America.”. Anyone with a brain knows that he didn’t discover anything. Anyways‚ as I try to force my eyelids open‚ I notice a strange new face. The teacher pauses his lecture to introduce the newcomer. “Okay class‚ this is Luca‚ and he is a new student.” In an instant‚ he quickly walked to the seat in the far back‚ away from everyone. I had such a fascination with Luca‚ He was a breath of fresh air in this old

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    Though people can be remembered through different ways‚ Whether what they did was right‚ wrong‚ or even debatable. Most people remember Adolf Hitler as a terrible person‚ being that he was the one to lead the Holocaust‚ one of the biggest genocides in history. While Christopher Columbus was heavily debated whether he helped give a major contribution to society. Then‚ there’s people like

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    of things he is trying to convey to the Spanish Monarchs. There are three main points that he is trying to convey. The first thing he is trying to convey to them is that the people are not advanced. In his account he speaks to this a lot. The first time he speaks to this he says that when he first arrived to the island all the people he encountered were “naked” and their hair looked like “horse’s hair”. Also he tells that the people would trade items worth a lot for basically what Columbus describes

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    Christopher Columbus My mini-report is on Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). From what we all should know about Columbus‚ is that he was the man credited with the discovery of America. Know I am going to talk a little bit more on Christopher Columbus that you may or may not already know about him. Christopher Columbus started his voyages at a very young age. But what everyone should know about Christopher Columbus is that‚ he is an Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic

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    Technologies impact on the voyage of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. He did so using primitive technology compared to today’s standards. He had lunar maps‚ a compass‚ while navigators nowadays have GPS‚ superior building materials and techniques‚ and satellite communications. Christopher Columbus could have made great use of these technologies in his voyage to America. He used celestial navigation to get an idea of where he was going. With technology nowadays

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    seen. Suddenly‚ a tornado grows before his eyes could blink and becomes large enough to wipe the entire city and turn it into a dust-pile. As the lighthouse was about to fall on him he wakes up and realizes it was nothing but a nightmare‚ or was it. His teacher yells at him then asks “So Thomas‚ how many ships did Columbus have on his first journey to the Americas?” Thomas unsure but with conviction answers “Four!”. An awkward silence fills the classroom as the teacher stares at him and says “Come see

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    Actually‚ it wasn’t even close to being like it. During this course‚ I found out that many of our historical figures weren’t what they were portrayed to be. First of all‚ Columbus wasn’t even the first person to discover America. There was in fact other explorers that had discovered the new world‚ but unlike Columbus didn’t claim it. Columbus also wasn’t as

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