Christopher Columbus And The Father Of Space

One would expect these immense accomplishments to go to a person’s head, but Columbus manages to be humble: “O I am sure they really come from Thee!/The urge, the ardor, the unconquerable will/The potent, felt, interior command, stronger than words/A message from the Heavens, whispering to me even in sleep/These sped me on” (insert citation). Columbus gives all of his credit to God, instead of believing that he simply was an incredible explorer.

     Throughout all of our years that we are taught about world history, we are led to believe that Columbus was one of the greatest explorers of all time. In my mind there is no question about whether Christopher Columbus discovered America; of course he did, its Columbus! However, this is a highly debated issue and through writings by authors Jeffery Hart and James W. Loewen we will investigate the true importance of Columbus.

After many centuries, a lot of controversy still surrounds Christopher Columbus. He remains to be a strange figure in history regarded as a famous explorer and a great mariner who made many discoveries in his days. Other people still regard him as a visionary and a national hero while others chose to remember him as a brutal and greedy person who used the rest of the humanity for his own selfish gains. Despite the fact that there have been protests in his being honored through a holiday referred to as the Columbus Day, he still deserves recognition and acknowledgement as a historical figure performed a great role in the making of the modern world.

First, I am going to provide evidence from my article about Mr. Columbus being a hero by discovering the places I write about earlier. “Among Columbus’s discoveries were Dominica Island (spied on Sunday), the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.” And “Columbus did discover Jamaica on May 5, 1494.” According to the article Mr. Columbus is “an iconic historical figure widely regarded as the "discoverer" of America throughout the United States and Europe, Columbus has been honored in everything from place names to postal stamps”, and that he is a “Traditional narratives of US history in particular

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Christopher Columbus and John Smith will always be remembered for their ego in their leadership. For many residence of Virginia, John Smith is considered as a hero. However, recorded documents provide varying evidence on his leadership and life in general. On the other hand, Christopher Columbus is seen as an explorer who encountered the Americans and was able to achieve immorality to satisfy his egos. He took advantage of every opportunity and is considered to be a leader who did not accept no as an answer which enable him to succeed and even come back to influence after a great misfortune. It is however clear that the success of Smith and Columbus as leaders of exploration can be attributed to their egos. Their writings were full of imaginations and fiction and are considered by some historians to be liars about the newly discovered world.

Columbus and Lindbergh had different hopes of achievement for their voyages. Both Columbus and Lindbergh had achievements they hoped to succeed at but different reasons of why. Columbus was determined to find a water route from Europe to Asia, Lindbergh wanted to complete the solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris.Both knew there would be a prize for them as Columbus would be governor of the land he discovered and Lindbergh would receive a $25,000 reward. Without a doubt Lindbergh and Columbus and Lindbergh had incredible reasoning to do the things they did and achievements they hoped to achieve by doing the things they

Both Columbus and Lindbergh had plans to reach certain destinations, but only Lindbergh followed through with his achievement. Columbus was determined to find the correct route from Europe to Asia, but found something much greater: the Americas. This discovery led to eternal fame from the pride of all Americans. He did not reach the destination he

Christopher deserves to be recognized because he recorded his voyage in a way that allowed other want to repeat it. In the text it states “recorded the voyage in a way that enabled others to repeat the feat”(pg1). He also was brave enough to take a new route to get to the east thinking the earth was flat. The text states “He challenged the conventional thought that the earth was flat, seeking to “reach the east by going west”(pg1). Columbus is an important figure because his discovery led to the greatest creation on earth. The passage states “His discovery led to the creation of the greatest nation on Earth, the United States of America(pg1). He went to go explore a new route therefore he was brave to go somewhere no one else had been as far as Columbus new.

Columbus sailed on a ship; Lindberg flew a plane. Both of these men faced challenges, possessed the skills necessary, and accomplished great feats. Although they had different objectives, there are more similarities than one might think. The 400 year gap made their challenges, skills, and accomplishments seem similar, but the details of these men’s journeys were very different.

Columbus was an illustrious hero in America history books since most people didn't know the truth. But as time goes and people begin to read, they realized that he was the person who discovered America. He set sail on a dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships: the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. His crew almost called a revolution, but then land was spotted in 1492

Before we can truly label Columbus as a hero or evil, we must first define what is viewed as a hero. Many dictionary definitions exist having the meaning of a hero as one with courageous or noble qualities but seeing as these definitions are extremely objective, the definition of a hero I will be using for the purpose of defining Columbus will be, quoting Joseph Campbell, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Christopher Columbus clearly demonstrated giving and self sacrifice in his investments of time and risking his life for his voyages with “commercial expeditions resembling warlike cruises” and at some points in his travels being away from home for 29 months. The rewards that Columbus, along with the rest of Europe, reaped from his efforts include the new access to vast expanses of resourceful land, as well as the eventually successful, even flourishing, colonization of America, not to mention, that Columbus, “[the] founding figure of a new world” laid the framework to modern day globalization as well as played a key role in the creation of one of the most significant, powerful, and impactful nations existing today. The fact that Columbus grew up in poor conditions and being completely self taught in the art of navigation and seafaring only adds to the magnitude of his immense accomplishments.

Most people would agree that Christopher Columbus was a courageous man. He sailed across unknown seas on four different occasions, used extraordinary navigational skills, and opened up the western hemisphere to exploration that created what is known today as the modern world. He was considered the greatest navigator of his time and he trained other navy captains who sailed for Spain. He had a firm belief in god and with that belief enjoyed the beauty of the coastlines that he explored. Many people praised Columbus because he “carried Christian civilization across the ocean.” There was ample evidence to show Columbus’s heroic exploits. However, historians have a more complete story to tell about Christopher Columbus. His explorations caused millions of deaths, destroyed countless cultures, added to the spread of slavery and treated the subjects he conquered with violence and cruelty. As a result the negative outweighs the positive. Columbus was not a hero. He was a villain.

The American Dream is a concept that is essentially older than the United States, dating back to the seventeenth century. It was then when people began to come up with hopes and aspirations for the newly discovered, unexplored continent. The “American Dream” is in essence the idea in that puts forward the notion that all people can succeed through hard work, that all people have the right to the pursuit of happiness, and be successful. The definition of the American Dream has been expanded upon and redefined over time. The concept of the American Dream has always been debated and put under criticism. There are many that believe the structure of American Society belies the idealistic goal of the American Dream. It points out examples of

Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo) is considered, by popular belief in the United States of America, to be the “Father of the Americas”. Columbus was not the first European to reach mainland in the Western Hemisphere, but his efforts did lay the path to settlement of the “New World”. Like Christopher Columbus, Neil Armstrong was a pioneer in his own right; he is the “Father of Space”. Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong were obviously two very different people based on the times in which each of the men lived; what was not different, were the characteristics and qualities that both men shared.