Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh, two men who have great accomplishments underneath their belts. First you have Christopher Columbus who was the man to discover the new world and Charles Lindbergh who miraculously traveled across the Atlantic ocean by himself without stopping, both having to conquer insurmountable obstacles. Though they come from different time periods they are still similar in a variety of ways, for example both of them as kids enjoyed their future occupations from the start, Charles thoroughly enjoyed aviation when he was young and Columbus gazed upon the seas as he traveled on merchant ships. Traveled across the Atlantic ocean with different navigation methods and used different ways of transportation to get across. …show more content…
For Columbus and Lindbergh it started with a spark of interest from the begining. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. Though not much is know about his early life, he did grow up as a seamen and eventually an entrepreneur. He grew fond of the idea of creating a western sea route to China, India and Asia. No direct sea route was to southern Asia at the time nor did anyone know of one. First Columbus tried to persuade King John II of Portugal to help finance his voyage he called “Enterprise of the Indies” ("Columbus Reaches the New World.") which John denied. So Columbus took his chances with Ferdinand and Isabelle the rulers of Spain, he was also denied twice by them but eventually after they had achieved victory in a conquest they accepted Columbus’s request. In 1492 he took 3 small vessels, Santa Maria, Pinta and the Nina to sea. As he discovered new lands, he believed that it was China or Japan. Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up on a farm as a kid, his dad was a lawyer and later on a congressman. Lindbergh was an exceptional mechanic and showed amazing potential. As he turned 18 he went …show more content…
As Columbus tried to get people to finance his voyage nobody would, they all refused, until his third attempt with queen and king of Spain. Of course navigation became a problem which caused him to go off course and while he was on his voyage a problem occured between the crew, mutiny, his crew began to get angry and impatient and were going to kill Columbus until he negotiated with them and resolved the problem. Due to him going off course on accident it resulted in him landing on what is believed to be the Bahamas. As he claimed the land for Spain he also took natives as slaves and begun to return to Spain. On the way back he then crashed his ship Santa Maria. He left some of his men their to start a colony, while he took the Nina back to Spain. He stumbled onto the new world on accident. Spain still rewarded him with the title “admiral of the ocean sea” and was pronounced governor of ll the new land he claimed ("Columbus Reaches the New World."). Charles Lindbergh didn't have much trouble getting someone to help him with finance. He actually had a special made plane named “The Spirit of St. Louis”, which was helped funded by a group of St. Louis businessmen. Though Lindbergh had a special made plane he still had problems with his navigation equipment, some of it malfunctioned through his trip. But a major problem as he crossed the Atlantic Ocean was the
Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain were two great explorers. Both were born around 1570 and were sons of sea captains . However, even though they both have similarities from how they were brought up, their voyages were very different from one another. Even the types of explorers they were are different from each other.
Columbus sailed to the "New World" in 1492. While Lindbergh didn't take flight until 1927. That is over a 400 year gap. For Columbus's voyage he had to go to the Spanish Monarchy for funding. It wasn't until after they had captured the last Muslim strong hold hat they agreed to fund his expedition. While Lindbergh had heard that a hotel owner, Raymond Orteig, was offering 25,000 to the first pilot that would journey from New York to Paris without stopping. While both journeys crosses the Atlantic Ocean hey were traveling in opposite directions. Columbus sailed to North America and Lindbergh flew to Europe. Lindbergh and his wife stayed married until he passed away in 1974. Hey even stayed together through the tough time of their first born, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., being kidnapped at only 20 months old.he was later found not 4 miles from their home dead. Even though Columbus and Felipa had a child, Ferdinand Columbus, they still separated. Both Columbus and Lindbergh received praise and honor for their accomplishments. But what some may not know, Columbus was arrested and striped of his title and riches. Lindbergh received medals, including the Distinguished Flying Criss Medal, and even wrote best seller. Columbus was only in his fifties when he died on May 2, 1506 in Valladoid Spain. His remains were moved many times, including moving to the Dominican Republic and to Cuba than back to
But he didn't stop there. Two months after his famous flight lindbergh published his autobiography, We. He has also flown throughout the U.S to spread the word of Daniel Guggenheim. Mr. Guggenheim paid for Lindbergh’s 3 month nationwide tour. Flying the "Spirit of St. Louis," he touched down in more than 30 states, visited 92 cities, gave 147 speeches,
Not having the technological advances, that we have today both Columbus and Lindbergh faced many tough
One of the challenges Christopher Columbus faced was that the captain of the ship of the Pinta, whom was Pinzon he decided to leave the other two ships and went to explore on his own. Another challenge that Christopher Columbus faced was that one of his ship had sink which was the Santa Maria ship he was only left with one ship. Christopher Columbus also didn't have maps ("Christopher Columbus 1451-1506"). In contrast, challenges that Charles Lindbergh faced were that he went 55 hours without no sleep trying to stay awake; he also faced heavy thunderstorms during his flight (“Charles Lindbergh Biography”).Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindberg both faced their biggest challenges in their lives. These two adventurous men faced challenges but with hopes of discovering new things they stuck through it all and advanced in their set
This essay will be examining the literary work of Columbus, De Las Casas, and Villagra to understand the individual viewpoints and the true motives of the Spanish Conquistadors. Christopher Columbus attempted to hide his desire for wealth and power behind the idea that all his actions were justified because he was acting out God’s will. Additionally, Gaspar Perez De Villagra thought that his mission of establishing a colony in New Mexico and converting the Native Americans would be successful because God was on the Conquistadors’ side. At first, Bartolome De Las Casas accepted the horrible behavior of the Conquistadors, but he began to realize that the Conquistadors were doing the opposite of God’s work. Bartolome De Las Casas rejected the
Is it time to give up when it could be the last second to change the world? Christopher Columbus and Lindbergh is revered as one of the greatest explorers that have given a experience of a lifetime. They both are credited with discovering what is now America, although they didn't have an clue he was awarded for that. This report looks into the life of this great explorers Christopher and Lindbergh, their epic journey that changed the world and our lives.
The similarities in the two pioneers task was the odds of success and the how they both did something more than a little crazy to pave the road for future explores of sea and sky, differences include the obverse sky/sea thing mixed in with fact that Lucky ment to achieve his goal whereas columbus was more of mistake hero so to speak coming across his success by
The Natives that Christopher Columbus came across upon embraced the Spanish with open arms. Columbus in his writing addressed how he felt about the Natives: "The Natives are an inoffensive people, and so desirous to possess any thing they saw with us." (Columbus, Journal, Par. 9). Columbus states on Sunday, 14th October that he and the Spanish stumbled upon two or three new villages. The native people all came down to the shore: "Calling out to us and giving thanks to God, Some brought us water and others victuals: others seeing that I was not disposed to land, plunged into the sea and swam out to us" (Columbus, Journal, Par. 10). At three o' clock Columbus acknowledges when he sent the boat on the shore: "The natives with great good will directed the men where to find it, assisted them in carrying the casks full of it to the boat, and seemed to take great pleasure in serving us." (Columbus, Journal, Par. 15). Compared to Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes also was embraced with open arms by the Aztecs. Cortes introduction to the Aztec people began
Christopher Columbus is known for being an explorer and is said to have made one of the most important voyages in world history without even wanting to. Something else that is also believed is that he “opened up” the Americas to European nations, which changed the course of American history. Before he went on his voyage though, he was in need of resources. So he asked Portugal, France, Italy among many other countries but they all denied Columbus and thought his statement was incorrect. Columbus’ statement was that he had found a faster way to get to Asia than the Portuguese had, which was going around the continent of Africa. Columbus lived a majority of his life in Spain, so when it came to setting sail for the west, Spain was one of the first nations he asked for funding. Though it took Columbus a little more than a few years to convince a nation to fund his voyage, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand from Spain subsequently granted to endow him in 1492. He would then leave for “Asia” on August 3, 1492. There are many unanswered questions and thoughts on why Spain decided to finally fund Columbus’ voyage, especially since he was an explorer that was born in Italy.
One would think the famed 1492 voyage by the Italian sailor known as Christopher Columbus Italy logically funded the voyage, right? Well, actually that is not the case! Columbus managed to convince Spanish monarchs Ferdinand V and Isabella I to fund his voyage to find a new trade route to India. Christopher Columbus, known as Cristobal Colon in Spanish, actually didn’t go to the Spaniards first; he actually went to officials in Portugal, France and England, but he they turned him away due to disputes about the size of the earth. In 1491, he convinced the Spanish monarchy to fund his voyage. The Spaniards provided him with two small ships called caravels and one larger type of ship called a carrack. They were fifteen to thirty meters long. On August 3rd, Columbus set voyage with the three ships: the Nina (originally named la Santa Clara), the Pinta (called la Pintada by the sailors), and the Santa Maria (actually named la Santa Gallega or Maria Galante). He arrived on Hispaniola on October 12. But why would a foreign country be interested in funding a foreign explorer? There were several reasons why King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella supported the voyage of Columbus. Those reasons were the monarch’s wish to become a world power, their want to trade with Asia, and lastly, to spread their religion. There were various other reasons, but these were the main three.
Columbus asked someone to fund his journey to the Indies. Columbus asked the king of Portugal to fund his trip.The king liked his idea, but the king’s advisers said it was a bad idea. They said it was a bad idea because they thought the western ocean was longer than columbus thought ( and they were right!), they also said “it would take to long to cross it. A ship could not hold enough food for such a long voyage.” Columbus asked another important person to fund his trip. Columbus asked queen Isabella of spain.
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 as the son of a merchant, most likely into a Christian household. As a teenager, he worked on a merchant ship and gained experience in trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. He continued similar jobs at sea until his first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1470, when the French attacked his ship along the Portuguese Coast. Despite his sunken ship, Columbus floated to Lisbon, where he married Felipa Perestrello and had a son. At this time, he also began studies in mathematics, astronomy, and navigation, thus inspiring him to begin formulating his world changing plan. After the death of his wife, he moved to Spain, remarried and had another son. Meanwhile, he
The story of Christopher Columbus begins in the city of Genoa in the year 1451. Columbus was the oldest of five children. He went to grammar school but left school at an early age and began sailing on Genoese ships in the Mediterranean. The sailing experience that Columbus gained
Christopher Columbus was an Italian-born man that managed to win the favor and funding of the Spanish monarchy. With this funding, Columbus led the most well-known voyage in human history: the voyage to the New World in 1492. This voyage laid the foundation for future colonies and, eventually, many nations in the world. However, this voyage would not have gone past conceptualization if Columbus had not been supported by the Spanish monarchy. While a variety of factors affected the monarchy’s decision, the primary factors were Columbus’ experience in navigation, assistance Columbus received from Jewish supporters, and the capitulations laid out by Columbus himself.