The theory that the earth was flat and that it was therefore possible to sail off the edge of it was common in the middle ages, but had been discredited by Columbus' time. His first New World journey did help fix one common mistake, however: it proved that the earth was much larger than people had previously thought. Columbus, basing his calculations on incorrect assumptions about the size of the earth, assumed that it would be possible to reach the rich markets of eastern Asia by sailing west. Had he succeeded in finding a new trade route, it would have made him a very wealthy man. Instead he found the Caribbean, then inhabited by cultures with little in the way of gold, silver or trade goods.
Question 1 Who the Explorer was (his background as a seafarer) and when and where he was born? Christopher Columbus was a famous Italian Seafarer, Navigator and Sailor who was born on Tuesday the 31st of October, 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy to Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. He is famous for journeying across the Atlantic to the Americas. His voyages led to the Spanish colonization/rule over South American powers. All together over the years 1492-1504 he made a total of four voyages across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.
Three of the crew members desert the ship before the ship leaves, adding to the discontentment of the officers as well as the crew members. Shortly after the Bounty sets sail for the West Indies, Fletcher Christian leads the mutiny and forces Bligh and some of Bligh’s followers off the Bounty and onto a life boat. Bligh and his followers were striped of charts and compasses; all they were given was the life boat, the oars, a pocket watch, and a quadrant. Bligh and his eighteen followers barely survived the trip in the small boat to Timor, in the Dutch East Indies. Meanwhile, Fletcher Christian and the other crew members returned to Tahiti to reunite with their women and then set sail to Pitcairn Island.
Introduction: At its start, immigration played a leading role in the change and expansion of the U.S., as migrants traveled across thousands of miles of ocean to reach the "land of opportunity". Whether fueled by the quest to find religious and political freedom, economic prosperity, or by way of slavery, all new inhabitants shaped the economic and political structures as well as overall expansion of the United States. While many immigrants prospered in their search for a new start, many immigrants faced embittered inhabitants as job wages dropped and competitiveness rose. In all, the migration to the United States marked a time of rebirth for many as well a time of restructuring for the newly created United States joining all contributions of those who immigrated. The Irish: During the mid 1800s Ireland’s population grew rapidly and many of the people lived on small farms that produced very little, because of their poverty the people depended mainly on the potato crop.
However, Christopher Columbus was not a humble man at all; he just wanted all the glory, fame, and fortune he would receive after his voyages. According to research, his assumption of the westward distance from Europe to Asia was different from the view accepted by scholars in his day. Columbus' ideas in this regard were based on three factors: his low estimate of the size of the Earth, his high estimate of the size of the Eurasian landmass, and his belief that Japan and other inhabited islands lay far to the east
The only reason this is a belief is because these select men who were the ones writing to the king and queen. Clearly they were only writing good things about themselves and failing to leave out information about the others helping in the conquest, meaning the proof of merit was not correct (discussion 9/7). More so, another fabrication told during this time was that the Spanish had superiority because they were thought to be more intelligent, advanced and superior from their time practicing superior from their time practicing Catholicism. Need closing
Then he made longer trips with merchants who traded their goods at various ports along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Between voyages he studied mapmaking and geography. In 1476, Columbus found himself
Other Spanish explorers came to the Americas and conquered large amounts of land in the name of Spain. Between 1531 and 1536, Francisco Pizzaro entered and seized the wealthy and prominent Incan Empire in South America. At its peak, Spain conquered four viceroyalties in the New World; all of which existed and had laborers solely for the benefit of the monarchy. Wealth from the New World flowed into Spain’s port of Seville because Spanish expansion was based on finding and transporting precious metals, such
If he had an intention of just causing havoc and war, then he would not have ended up encouraging trade and enlightening himself and those around him of foreign cultures. He just so happened to do what he had to do to bring a period of unity and peace. Some people just didn’t understand that. 2. Genghis Khan’s savage traits did not cause disruption to pan-Asian trade routes because in the twelve million contiguous square miles that he conquered, he encouraged and allowed trade to flourish.
Lippmann offers a great example of this notion: “if his atlas tells him that the world is flat he will not sail near what he believes to be the edge of our planet in fear of falling off” (Lippmann, 16). Lippmann, surely, was greatly influenced by Bacon because the English philosopher, likewise, believed that humans were naturally limited of fully comprehending an idea or an image, which causes them