Christopher Columbus “sailed the ocean blue” in 1492. He is given so much credit for not being the first persons who settled on American land, actually Native Americans (the Arawaks) were already living there. Although Columbus came about American land which he called “The Indies”, he was set out on his voyage to find Asia, Columbus did not expect to find the Americas, not to mention how welcoming and generous the Arawaks were- he clearly took advantage of them by leading to killing all Arawaks , allowing them to become nonexistent, he also is given credit because he “proved the world is round” actually, he was not the first person that proved this- therefore, Columbus was falsely given credit for finding the Americas, proving “the world is round,” and should not be considered a hero or have a holiday for his unexpected finding and cruel treatment to the
Columbus’s goal was to reach East Indies by sailing west. Queen Isabella sent 3 ships with Columbus. When he reached the land, he thought he’d made it to the East Indies and mistook the people as “Indians.” But he actually found the “New World”. The Indians had no immunities in their system to built up over generations. Columbians traded corn, potatoes, tobacco, beans, peppers, manioc, pumpkin, squash tomato, wild rice, and also syphilis.
Chapter 4 The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) In October 1202, 200 ships set sail from the lagoon of Venice, and leading these 200 ships was the state galley of Doge Enrico Dandolo, the elected ‘duke of the Venetian Republic. He was above 80 years old and almost blind but still undimmed in vigor and ability. The goal of the Fourth Crusade was to win back the Holy City of Jerusalem that had been taken by Islamic armies in the past. This crusade had a different plan, to attack Egypt, the base of Muslim power. But sadly, instead the crusade was headed in a completely different direction.
Henry Hudson Although Henry Hudson's explorations in search of a Northern sea passage to Asia ultimately yielded no such route, his four journeys inadvertently drew European attention to North America and its vast resources, as well as territory north of England. Very little is known about this English navigators personal life, apart from his campaigns, but his travels in search of trade and commerce in Asia ended with similar results in the New World. Henry Hudson was a relatively unknown explorer from England, who sailed under both English and Dutch flags, and he would have remained so had is "blunders" not brought him to the bay and river which now bear his name. As previously stated, details of Hudson's early life remain relatively
The crew was afraid of sea monsters and grew more restless every day land was not sighted. Columbus offered a reward for the first person to sight land. On October 12, a crew member aboard the Pinta sighted one of the Bahama Islands. Columbus set foot on what he believed was one of the Spice Islands, a group of islands in Asia (now known as Indonesia), where valuable spices and riches came from. He named the land San Salvador.
In 1492, Columbus commanded 3 ships to sail west to look for the Japan, china, and India because he believed the earth is sphere that could across the Atlantic Ocean to find those countries. Unfortunately, he never finds the route to Asia in his 4 times voyage due to incorrect measurement of the distance, but He discovered the new world – America and landed on Caribbean island that he names San Salvador, initiating contact between Europe and the New World. In 1565, Spain established her new world empire in St. Augustine, Florida. Spain remained a New World power for almost a century. Afterward, others Europe countries also entered the new world.
Columbus enslaved the people, demanded every adult Taino to bring gold to him every three months, and forced Christianity. When the Tiano people came back empty-handed with no gold, Columbus would cut off their hands. There was not much gold at all because they were not in Asia, they were in America. Columbus believed they were in Asia searching for the land of gold, but was never in India or Japan or China. Columbus never stopped searching for gold even when they grew hungry and sick.
Saying that is based on opinion and assumptions, so here’s the proof an amateur historian, found detailed maps, logs and accounts of voyages to the Americas in the early 1400’s. Others have found similar pieces that show Chinese exploration to Africa and Arabia. In knowing this, the way we are taught about Columbus is false; in fact it was the Chinese that explored Latin America many years prior to the
Margarita Osmanoff The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway refers to a sea battle fought near the Central Pacific Island of Midway between the Japanese and the United States. US Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier striking forces had embarrassed the Japanese Navy in the Doolittle Raid and at the Battle of Coral Sea a few months prior to Midway. While seeking to cut Australia's base out from under them, Japan was ambushed by an American carrier task force that was breaking Japanese operating codes in the Coral Sea. This was the first naval action in history when the surface ships never sighted one another. When the smoke finally cleared, the Americans were more hurt but still won the day because the Japanese turned back.
The result of the trial was complete injustice, yet predictable. Despite the fact that Nyai was Anneliess' birth mother and that Minke was her legal husband according to Islamic law, the Surabaya District Court found that Annelies had no mother or husband, and was to be sent to the Netherlands to be raised under the guardianship of Engineer Maurits Mellema. The Natives could not even fairly plead their case in court because they had no real rights under Dutch