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    peninsulares have always dominated the social and political life of the American colonies (Escosura & Alvarez-Nogal‚ 2007). Unfortunately‚ there are reports of the criollos demanding more power in controlling the colonies. According to a report on Columbus ’s travel to the colonies‚ the colonists remarked "Spain transmitted to us everything it had: its ’ language‚ its ’ architecture‚ its religion‚ its dress and its food‚ its military tradition and its judicial and civil institutions; wheat‚ livestock

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    The Columbian Exchange was a sea trade connecting the “Old World” and the “New World” while transferring peoples‚ animals‚ plants‚ and diseases in the 15th century. This transfer of trade products also provoked the Age of Exploration‚ including Christopher Columbus’s discover of the Western Hemisphere in 1492. Many European explorers discovered new land in this region and saw many prosperous civilizations. Despite having flourishing civilizations in the Western Hemisphere‚ the Columbian Exchange affected

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    Leon – touches and names Florida looking for legendary Fountain of Youth 4. Montezuma – Aztec king‚ thought Cortez might be the god Quetzalcoatl who was due to re-appear the very year. Montezuma welcomed Cortez into Tenochtitlan. 5. Christopher Columbus - discovered the Islands of the West Indies and was convinced he had reached India‚ or at least part of Asia and therefore mistook the people as "Indians.". No portraits of life exist (1451 – 1506) 6. Francisco Coronado – ventured into

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    plants the seeds of doubt within the reader’s mind of what he has been taught throughout his life about names and how the world around him came to be. She strategically omits a large majority of history‚¨My history began like this: in 1492‚ Christopher Columbus discovered the new world‚¨ to showcase the erasure that occurs when naming. She furthers this concept by later stating‚¨ [...] he empties the land of these people‚ and then he empties the people‚ he just empties the people. It is when this

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    exploration was very important for the Spanish. Spanish exploration started out that they needed to find a new trade route to Asia. Whichever explorer found this route would be rewarded with a great deal of money and fame. This explorer was Christopher Columbus. He started out to accomplish two goals. One of the being to prove that the world was round‚ another was to became rich off of his discovery of the route. Sadly‚ neither of those goals was achieved. Instead‚ he discovered a new land full

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    Exchange made the world a better place. Although during this era there were many explorers who attempted to connect both worlds by sailing the seas‚ such as the Portuguese’s own Prince Henry the Navigator‚ one of the best known explorers was Christopher Columbus. He was the man that accomplished bringing the Old and the New Worlds together. On the night of October 11‚ 1492‚ on board the Santa Maria in the Atlantic Ocean‚ he saw a light in the far distance that was thought to be the costal islands

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    1-4. The "Colombian trade" was the worldwide dispersion of plants‚ nourishment crops‚ creatures‚ human populaces‚ and infection pathogens that occurred after voyages of investigation by Christopher Columbus and other European sailors Over the long haul‚ in any case‚ the Colombian trade expanded instead of decreased human populace as a result of the spread of nourishment harvests and creatures that it supported Wheat‚ vines‚ seeds‚ steers‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ goats‚ and chickens went from Europe to the

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    in Mandeville on Prester John‚ and the Real World‚ as outlined in chronicles of Christopher Columbus in Extracts from Journal and of Hernan Cortes in From Second Letter to Charles V‚ 1520. In Prester John’s vision‚ he imagined men of the east as‚ “In that desert be many wild men‚ that be hideous to look on; for they be horned‚ and they speak nought‚ but they grunt‚ as pigs.” As opposed to actual observation of Columbus where he describes men of foreign land as‚ “They all go completely naked‚ even

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    The Columbian Exchange

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    The Columbian Exchange is the exchange of plants‚ animals‚ food‚ and diseases between Europe and the Americas. In 1492‚ when Christopher Columbus came to America‚ he saw plants and animals he had never seen before so he took them back with him to Europe. Columbus began the trade routes which had never been established between Europe and the Americas so his voyages initiated the interchange of plants between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres‚ which doubled the food crop resources available to people

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    reasonable understanding of other cultures and people from across various backgrounds. When Christopher Columbus arrived in what is present­day Haiti‚ he was greeted by the native people who had brought all sorts of gifts and goods to trade‚ in addition to food for the crew and the captain onboard Santa Maria and other ships. This gesture of kindness however was soon to have been punished severely. The natives were captured and taken as slaves aboard Columbus’ ships. Christopher Columbus’ insatiable lust and appetite for gold and its conquest caused

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