European Footholds In The New World
Indies, till with the help of our Lord, they should arrive there.” Basically showing he had no intention of turning back.
On October 12, 1492 land was spotted. It was a small island in the Bahamas that Columbus would name San Salvador and claimed it on behalf of Spain. This is the beginning of the European foothold in the New World. What isn’t all that clear is Americas, at this point, was already discovered by many. Between the Natives already being there and the belief of the Vikings, Chinese even Russian travelers discovering the new world, Columbus, was the only one to successfully settle. Leif Eriksson, for example, was a member of an early voyage to North America and is, “widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America,”. The colony established by Leif Eriksson failed to survive due to hostile natives. …show more content…
If Spain didn’t fund his voyage, Americas, could’ve been founded by the English, French or Portuguese, who are all expanding their trade routes and land grabbing to create new colonies. The colonies gave them raw materials, opened up new trade routes and widened their control of the known world. In the end, America would still have been colonized. If not by Columbus, someone else would have found their way on to the unknown continent. The Europeans might have come a little later without Columbus, but
On October 12, 1492 land was spotted. It was a small island in the Bahamas that Columbus would name San Salvador and claimed it on behalf of Spain. This is the beginning of the European foothold in the New World. What isn’t all that clear is Americas, at this point, was already discovered by many. Between the Natives already being there and the belief of the Vikings, Chinese even Russian travelers discovering the new world, Columbus, was the only one to successfully settle. Leif Eriksson, for example, was a member of an early voyage to North America and is, “widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America,”. The colony established by Leif Eriksson failed to survive due to hostile natives. …show more content…
If Spain didn’t fund his voyage, Americas, could’ve been founded by the English, French or Portuguese, who are all expanding their trade routes and land grabbing to create new colonies. The colonies gave them raw materials, opened up new trade routes and widened their control of the known world. In the end, America would still have been colonized. If not by Columbus, someone else would have found their way on to the unknown continent. The Europeans might have come a little later without Columbus, but