For centuries, people have claimed that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America because that’s what their textbooks and teachers told them. They’re WRONG. It’s been proven by research and scientists that the Vikings and Asian hunters have been to America long before Christopher Columbus took his FIRST voyage. Old Asian maps that have been made even BEFORE Columbus was born have America shown on them. Vikings have also been to the Americas before Columbus.
Brice Pope 1301-325 18 February 2014 File #5 Seat #2 Christopher Columbus is known to be the discoverer of the New World. He went through years of ridicule, risk of mutiny, and continued to shape his views of world geography but it all paid off in the end. Columbus’s voyage was to find a route to Asia but instead by accident he discovers a new continent. In February of 1493, Columbus returns home from his first voyage to the Americas. He has just discovered the “New World” and once after his arrival back home he writes a 8 page long pamphlet to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, titled De Insulis Inventis.
Millions of natives in the New World died due to European illness making it easier for the Spanish Conquistadors to move in and take over much of the Americas. Balboa in 1513 discovers the Ithsmas of Panama and becomes the first European to set eyes on the Pacific Ocean from the east. The explorations to the new world continued and 1519-1522- Magellan sailed around the world proving that Columbus did not find
In truth, a lot of what we know about Columbus is untrustworthy; some of it may be correct but a lot of it is just lies. There are numerous myths surrounding Columbus, one of them being that he was the first person ever to think that the Earth was round not flat. This is completely false; in Columbus’s time there were maps and even globes which indicated that people knew the Earth was round preceding his journey, it was common knowledge. Another more prominent myth is that he
Christopher Columbus crime against humanity or was he just a barbaric and greedy white man. Christopher Columbus was born in Italy near the Mediterranean seaport of Genoa. As a young man Christopher Columbus was very intrigue by the great sea boats. He was a good explore and navigator. Today in our education systems our student are learning that in 1493 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discover America and portrayed as a heroic figure.
Columbus Good Or Bad? I am going to talk about was columbus a good or bad guy and some of the things he did to deserve both good and bad but if I had to pick I think he was a bad guy. So first lets talk about what he did to be good he sailed to the new land and was brave enough to go by himself and he ended up in a new world where we live today and all of our ancestors followed him. But there's a lot more reasons why he is a bad guy. Alright in my opinion columbus was only looking to become a leader, become very wealthy, and of course he wanted a lot of power.
Western Civilization leads in categories of politics, economics, science and technology and in each category the West gained efficiency and effectiveness. It is seen by many people that Columbus used his power to conquer the people of the new world and commit genocide and slavery but at the same time Columbus brought knowledge to these people and enabled them to become as powerful as Western Civilization. Over time, Western Civilization has faced adversity but like Columbus, they have done whatever was necessary to keep expanding Western influence. The article also clarifies the debate over Columbus because it shows that Columbus cannot be looked at as good or bad; Columbus has to be looked at as an admiral, who took necessary action in the new world to keep Western Civilization on top. If Columbus had not taken the actions that he did, the people of the new world may have overthrown him and the western influence and that could have changed the world as we know it forever.
Although it was not presented in Odyssey and it touched in Atala, it is such a big connection between the two that it must be brought up. The Native Americans were nearly wiped out by the white people. They got in contact with the Europeans and it nearly wiped out the entire group because of the diseases that the white people that the Natives were not immune to. It did not help matters that the white people took over the land that already belonged to the Natives, and then have their white ancestor claim to have found the Americas. The white people made the Native Americans walk thousands of miles from their own homeland.
These cures were mostly attempted by plant or herb remedies and often failed to provide protection for the Indian population. Trade routes also help spread disease through the native American population. In 1585, when disease started showing a pattern of its presents it occurred strange to the native American population according to Thomas Hariot. He also stated that they neither knew what it was, nor how to cure it. In the case of the pueblo Indians from new Mexico, a small pox
Columbus’s courage and curiosity sparked the movement of exploration. Christopher Columbus discovered the continent of North America, doubling the size of the World as it was known, and overturning the notion that the world was flat. If it weren't for Columbus's discovery of the "New World" we would not have found America when he did. By discovering the Americas, Columbus opened up the region for colonization and exploitation by Europeans. All the cultures were technologically stuck in the Stone Age,and ,combined with their lack of immunity to European diseases meant that these civilizations were overrun and conquered by Europeans.