In his letter to Luis de Santangel‚ Christopher Columbus states that he is extremely pleased with the outcome of his first voyage. He describes his praise and gratitude towards Ferdinand and Isabella in the following quote. “I passed from the Canary Islands to the Indies with the fleet which the most illustrious king and queen our sovereigns gave to me.” Columbus describes the king and queen as illustrious because he believes that the support of Ferdinand and Isabella towards his voyage was a notably
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the other. The voyages of Columbus and the Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union are one of the most significant turning points that made political‚ social‚ and cultural impact. <br> <br>The voyages of Columbus began the European race to colonize the Americans. A far-reaching exchange of people‚ plants‚ animal‚ and ideas occurred between Europe‚ the Americas‚ and Africa. Christopher Columbus‚ and ambitious Italian sailor from Genoa‚ convinced the Spanish monarchs to finance his plan to reach
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14th of March‚ 1493‚ Christopher Columbus composed a letter to Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon in regards to his first voyage. In his letter‚ Columbus claims to have discovered and taken possession of a series of Islands‚ located on the Indian Ocean‚ thirty-three days after his departure from Cadiz. Columbus goes on to describe the islands‚ one of which being Hispaniola‚ exaggerating their size and riches and suggesting that China lies nearby. Columbus presents the islands in a way that
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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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diseases many of the indigenous people died from small pox and chicken pox. Realizing this effect the diseases had on them many might have committed suicide and led up to other ways in which the indigenous people died out. After Columbus had left for the first time his men became lazy and put the indigenous people to work and as a result these people attacked but it was futile and many of them died. This was because the Spanish men were better armed with steal and metal weapons‚ powerful crossbows
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reading Columbus ’ letter what do you think his views of the new lands and people he encountered? What seem to be his values‚ assumptions‚ and goals as expressed in his letter and how might these have influenced what he included in his letter? Columbus’ the First Letter to Luis de Santangel was written on February 17‚ 1493. His curiosity led him to discover so much of what the world has to offer. In his First Letter to Luis de Santangel‚ he seemed very joyous‚ energetic‚ and grateful for his ability
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Technology’s Impact on the Voyage of Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the Americans in 1492. Christopher Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria‚ with the Pinta and Nina along side. His first journey into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life. Christopher Columbus also had many other voyages to Africa. The technologies that we have today would have been very helpful to Columbus is the GPS‚ the microwave‚ and medical vaccines. Therefore‚ even though
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Christopher Columbus on His Voyage to the New World” As we all stood in line to aboard our supplies for a hazardous exploration mission‚ you could feel the despair in the atmosphere. The thought of going into unknown territory away from your love ones‚ with the threat of unknown new diseases‚ however there were those men that looked at this as a new start and a way to make history. Although there were rumors that Columbus had no entirely told the truth about are objective. Columbus thought that
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dragon eyes in the front and a dragon and phoenix pattern in the rear. The bottom holds of the ship were filled with expensive silks and porcelains that we used for trade with the other nations we visited‚ but I’ll tell you more about that later in my letter. With a ship so large‚ there was always a lot of work to be done‚ but we were given free time each day. I was fortunate to meet many different people who performed a wide variety of jobs aboard the ship and I learned a great deal. One of my best
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Colombo first discovered the Americas‚ it was a great opportunity for the Europeans‚ especially the Spaniards. They decided to claim the new land for their own. Christopher as he is known now‚ first set eyes on the land of North America on October 12‚ 1492. The following paragraphs were written by various men‚ they include bias and factual accounts of when the Americas were found. Most of the writings of the men from the country of Spain include bias in one-way or another. Christopher Columbus‚ a Spaniard
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