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Compare And Contrast Christopher Columbus And Charles Lindbergh

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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

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