The Journey Columbus By Christopher Columbus

The people of the lands Columbus and his crew touched down on were very welcoming. As said by Columbus in his journal “Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God. An old man came on board my boat; the others, both men and women cried with loud voices: "Come and see the men who have come from the sky. Bring them victuals and drink.”

On Aug. 3, 1492, Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa María, commanded by Columbus himself, the Pinta under Martín Pinzon, and the Nina under Vicente Yanez Pinzon. After stopping at the Canary Islands, he sailed due west from Sept. 6 until Oct. 7, when he changed his course to the southwest. On Oct. 10 a small rebellion was quelled, and on Oct. 12 he landed on a small island in the Bahamas. He took possessions for Spain and brought natives aboard, discovered other

Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. He was determined to find a direct trade route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Columbus was so sure that America was what he set out to look for that he named the natives Indians.

The name Christopher Columbus is recognized by many as that of the discoverer of the New World. Variations of this famous name change according to nation, being referred to by the Spaniards as “Cristóbal Colón” and, by those of his own Italian heritage, as “Cristoforo Colombo”. Aside from these insignificant contrasts, his narrative remains unfaltering in its global recognition as a tale of hardships faced and victories won, all met with indubitable passion and determination embodied by Columbus himself to achieve his goals. In August of 1492, he, along with his 87 men, set off in search of a western route to Asia aboard three renowned ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. This expedition and the four that would follow began with ambitious visions of monetary gain, religious propagation, and glory, the entirety of these with the overarching theme of competing in the imminent race for continental, and perhaps world, power between civilizations. Before executing this tremendous voyage, however, it was required of Columbus to embark on a search for a willing sponsor with access to resources he otherwise would not be able to obtain. The Genoese explorer at last persuaded rulers of Spain Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon to finance his trip due to a combination of characteristics taking place during his final request of them, specifically the unification of religion during this time, the economic advantages the quest would bring, and the impeccable timing of

In 1492, Spanish sailor Christopher Columbus sailed to west of the Pacific Ocean in order to find a direct trade route to India under the sponsorship of the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. After 2 months at sea, his ships landed in the Bahamas, he and his crew were greeted by the aboriginal population. Noticing that the aboriginals had gold jewelry, he returned to Spain to speak about the treasures of the New World. With his stories of wealth, the King and Queen sent him back to claim the riches in the name of Spain. Coming back to the Bahamas, he burned down the villages, enslaved the aboriginals, forcing them to mine for gold and build settlements for the European travelers. This was the beginning of the perilous relationship between European settlers and Native Americans.

Christopher Columbus known today as an infamous explorer begged many times for a journey to the East Indies, and was turned down for ships. Finally the Spanish queen had given three ships to sail for the journey, after Columbus said he was going to Italy for assistance. Later in the year 1492, Columbus sailed to the East Indies only to land in the island of Hispaniola, in America. This voyage involved three small ships, the Pinzon, the Nina, and the Santa Maria commanded by Columbus himself. All ships had left Spain, on August,3,1492 and arrived in Hispaniola months later on December, 3,1492. Believing he was in the East Indies, when meeting the natives he falsely named them “Indians”. In the history of Modern America, Americans regard Columbus as an amazing explorer and hero even though he was exaggerated with being not the true founder of America, with his horrible treatments to natives, and with his

Columbus' voyage was originally to find a shorter trade route to India when he accidentally landed in the Bahamas and frankly, Columbus did not even know he had discovered the New World. He truly believed that he made it all the way to India. Because of this, he even named the natives of this land "Indians".

The Federal holiday of ‘Christopher Columbus Day’ is celebrated on the second Monday of October because of Columbus’s ‘discoveries’ of the Americas in the New World. What most people do not know is that Christopher Columbus’s intentions were only for the betterment of himself. Columbus was a devout Catholic and could have been looking to spread the word of God to the ‘Indies’, his main goal was to find a water route from Europe to the West Indies. How did Christopher Columbus’s motives impact the way he and other conquistadors viewed and treated the Indians? Columbus 's desire for kind of wealth, especially gold in the New World strongly impacted the way he looked upon them. He saw that the Indians practiced no religion that he had seen

Christopher Columbus, born in 1451 in Genoa,Italy, believed that sailing to the west across the Atlantic Ocean was the shortest and fastest sea route to the continent of Asia. Columbus did not realize that the western hemisphere is between Europe and Asia. This led to Columbus making the assumption that the Earth was a third of its actual size. Like many others in this time period, Christopher Columbus was unbothered by the political allegiances. He was willing to sail for whatever country would sponsor his voyage. However, he could never find a patron due to his arrogance or ambition. On August 2,1492, Columbus sent 3 ships which were accompanied by crews of eighty-seven men. These men made landfall on October 12th,1492, on the island of San Salvador. He made another voyage and explored present day Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Columbus made two more voyages made between the years of 1498 and 1500 to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. Months after he explored present day Cuba and Hispaniola Christopher Columbus found significant amounts of gold. Many of Christopher Columbus’ successes created potential conflict between Spain and Portugal. There are many reasons why the Spanish Monarch hired Columbus to find another route to Asia, however the main reasons are to get the Queen and King more land, riches, and crops.

The fifteenth to seventeenth century is known as the “Age of Exploration”. Europe began to colonize the countries they had “discovered”. A major part of the world that they colonized was Latin America. Spain was the first to colonize, and the United States started to take interest in Latin America towards the 19th century. Europe and The United States both took interest in Latin America, but for different reasons.

Christopher Columbus. A name known far and wide, a name that has been profoundly applauded with incredible disclosures of new terrains and new people groups, a name that would likely suit a solid pioneer. In any case, it is only that, a name, the man behind the name however is altogether different from what everybody undoubtedly pictures in light of what has been thought to everybody. Be that as it may, depend on it Christopher Columbus was, in actuality, a villan.

The New World opened many opportunities to the Europeans. Although everyone country that came to America wanted to conquer land, they also had many different motives on what they wanted The New World to provide for them. The Spanish, French, and British all had different motives for conquering The New World, while some worked and some didn’t.

In the summer of 1492, Christopher Columbus, a skilled navigator and seamen, departed Spain in search of a direct route to Asia. With financial support from Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Genoese merchants, and capital from his own fortune, Columbus and his fleet of three ships traveled west towards what was to be the New World. After sailing for several months facing many hardships, Columbus and his crew discovered new lands that were to be claimed for Spain. These men experienced beauty of inexplicable terms, and interacted with many new types of peoples. Upon his return to Spain, about 3 months after his arrival at San Salvador, Columbus drafted a letter to Ferdinand and Isabella

Columbus left his father’s business to join a sailing expedition which ended in a shipwreck near Portugal. He decided to stay in Portugal with his brother and started a family. After his wife died, he was interested in helping his country find a faster way to Asia without paying the Muslim Empire taxes. Since Columbus had read and heard that Asia could be reached by sailing west, he wanted to attempt this expedition and fulfill his dream of going to China. After seven years of not being able to find support for his exploration, he was finally lucky enough to get support from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Christopher persevered and was willing to risk his life in order to gain fame, fortune, and fulfill his dream. Christopher was given 87 men and three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, which left in August 1492. Christopher headed west into the Atlantic Ocean, as he had understood that the world was round (but much smaller with his wrong calculations) and that China was on the same latitude as Portugal. On October 12th, Columbus’ crew finally spotted land, which was an island in the Caribbean, and called it “San Salvador”. He visited many nearby islands, including Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). Since Christopher thought that he had landed in India, he called the natives “Indians” which is still incorrectly used today. Columbus quickly

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