Christopher Columbus And The Spanish Colonization Of America

o begin with, Christopher Columbus’ legacy was more negative because he created the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The Slave Trade was the cause of years of suffering for Africans and Native Americans and the trend began slavery in the Americas. According to Rebecca Dobbs, professor at the university of North Carolina and her article Why We Should Abolish Columbus Day “He also sent large shipments of these people to Europe as slaves, thus beginning the pattern of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Others followed his example, shipping Natives from various parts of North America both to Europe and to the Caribbean, but so many people died that the Spanish turned to Africa as their new source for slaves, reversing the direction of human traffic across the Atlantic.” The fact that other people followed Columbus’ example is very aggravating.

All across the United States, students learn that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and “discovered” North America. This common misconception creates a false narrative for Americans learning about Christopher Columbus’ legacy - and indeed about the country’s early post-European history. When Christopher Columbus came ashore, North America was already inhabited by hundreds of thousands of native peoples so the concept of Christopher Columbus somehow “discovering” what is now the United States of America is inaccurate. He did, however, set off a process of conquering the land and its people for the Western World. He did so through brutal tactics including forced labor, enslavement, violence, and widespread killing.

12 October 1492- Columbus arrives in the Americas- Christopher Columbus had the support of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I. Columbus set sail in April of 1492. It took him nearly six months for him to touch land. Although Columbus was not the first to actually discover the Americas, he has been given that credit despite there being evidence that Vikings actually discovered the Americas around 1000 AD. “Icelandic legends called sagas recounted Eriksson’s exploits in the New World around A.D. 1000. These Norse stories were spread by word of mouth before becoming recorded in the 12th and 13th centuries.” (History.com/Vikings) The significance of Columbus coming to America over the Vikings is that following the voyage of Columbus, is when settlers really began to start traveling to the Americas and “a new phase of civilization began.” (Reference.com)

Before Cuba became a nation, Cuba was first a Spanish colony. In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, claimed Cuba as a colony of Spain after he was sent by the Spanish monarchy to find a route to Asia, specifically Southeast Asia. Columbus enlisted the help of the native people in Cuba, known as the Taino, to find consequential resources on the island for Spain. The Tainos’ willingness to aid Columbus caused the native people to become enslaved under Spanish rule. Despite the encouragement from Hatuey, a Taino leader who tried warning fellow Taino the horrors of Spanish subjugation, uprisings to remove the Spanish failed. In 1570’s, the economic success of the farming industry fueled Spain to import Africans to work as slaves.

Columbus was both a navigator and explorer, born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He grew up as the son of a middle class weaver and as a teenager he first took an interest in seafaring life. As a young boy, he attended trading voyages between the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. His first expedition to the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 was almost fatal. French privateers attacked the commercial fleet Columbus was traveling with and his ship burned down, leaving him to swim for his life. He washed up on a Portuguese shore and found his way to Lisbon. He furnished himself a niche there but eventually moved to Spain. He started his journies to gain information about the Atlantic currents and continued to seek faster trade routes across world

In the United States, when a child is asked to think about Christopher Columbus, chances are the child will portray him as a courageous, heroic explorer who discovered America. However, when a child is asked about what they think of when they see an Indian, the child will most likely describe a half-naked human with a feather on his head. Any young American will unknowingly stereotype Indians as figures of the past. These cognitive constructs [stereotypes] are often created out of a kernel and then distorted beyond reality (Hoffmann, 1986). Without any doubt, these attributed characteristics are incorrect. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans regard Indians as “obstacles to white settlement.” However, historians, scientists, and researchers understand the fact that Indians were “one of the principle determinants of historical events.” So where does the tragic level of misinformed Americans come from?

There were other explorers that stumbled upon this great country before he did. One of the first groups to explore the North America were Asians. They crossed over to the Bering Strait and entered into Alaska many many years ago. For centuries after that, there were many descendants to spread thru and across the American continent. They brought with them many different cultures and they also controlled the lands. Vikings were among the dew that founded America in the early times. Vikings from Northern Europe reached the east coast. They were confronted with diseases and also were resisted by natives that drove them out. It’s believed that Vikings landed

Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 on a mission to find an all water route to the western Indies, instead Columbus reached North America where he continued his search for gold and trade.

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, correct? Actually, class it is incorrect. I know your teachers in the past have taught you this numerous times. You learned that Christopher Columbus discovered the America’s which had been previously known as the New World. Also that Columbus was a hero and that is why every year the second Monday in October we celebrate Columbus Day for all the amazing things he did! Unfortunately, everything you have been taught has not been the truth. But do not worry kids; I am here to tell you the truth about our once known “hero” Christopher Columbus, and you will all come to discover that he is more like a villain rather than a hero.

In the article “Christopher Columbus stole credit for discovering America” by David Millward. Millward talks about how Columbus stole the credit of the discovered of America from the Pinzon brothers. In addition the brothers Vincente and Martin Pinzon providing ships, after Columbus’s original ship was destroyed by the people of Palos in Andalusia. The Pinzon brothers, on the other hand, were veteran mariners who had little difficulty in recruiting crew to take part in what was potentially a dangerous voyage and Columbus had already the crew for the dangerous voyage. He mention that Columbus may have been a brilliant navigator and politician but he was not a sea captain because Columbus ship sank in December 1492, after hitting reef of the

When the white Spaniards first explored the New World in 1492 with Christopher Columbus, everything was new to them and the Natives. The Natives probably felt that these people were invading their homeland. They were most likely frightened , as well as curious, because they have never seen these people before. If it were me in their situation, I would not feel very comfortable. There would be so many different thoughts and emotions going on in my head. As I, and my whole tribe, would probably have the same thoughts and emotions running through our heads. Since we have never seen these types of people in our lives, we would be more defensive and cautious.

August 3rd, 1492, Christopher Columbus would depart from Spain in efforts to reach the New World and to try to colonize it. December 5th, of the same year, Columbus would arrive to an island in the Caribbean, which he proceeded to claim and call “La Espanola” (Hispaniola). More Spaniards came to the island to colonize it and create a plantation economy because the island was so rich and diverse in their resources. Nearly 200 years later, when France became a major European power, the French decided to invade The Hispaniola in efforts to take it away from the Spaniards. Spain at first ceded the western third of the island (now Haiti) and later on the other two thirds (Dominican Republic). Haiti eventually had a revolution and became

Christopher Columbus was born in Genova, Italy, in 1451. At a young age, Columbus found himself interested on traveling, and how the Earth was constituted. He had made innumerable voyages. On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set out on a journey from Puerto de Palos, in search of new lands. His crew was composed of three caravels (La Pinta, La Niña, and La Santa Maria), and a crew of 120 men total. On October 12, 1492, thirty three days after he departed on his new journey, Columbus landed on an island. He named the island San Salvador. The island is located on the northeast coasts. That was the first time that Columbus had landed on the New World, the Americas. It has been widely accepted that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. There is undisputable evidence which proves that in fact, the Vikings had first sailed to the Americas.

For many years people had believed, with sensible reasoning, Christopher Columbus was the man who discovered America, the one who first settled and opened the doors for the Age of Exploration in Europe, however over the past decade people have begun to believe differently. Although he was the first European to settle people in the Americas he did not discover it. He was also not as heroic and commendable as people in the world have made him out to be; in ways he was racist, a liar and he took over the lands of without the consent of the people living there and enslaved them. Christopher Columbus is a very recognized and honored historical figure, not only in America, but all over the world. He is celebrated for his voyages to the Americas, and ‘discovering’ America for the people of Europe and opening a route for others into the Americas. In 1492, Columbus sailed through the Atlantic ocean hoping to find a direct way to Asia from Europe; nevertheless he landed in Hispaniola but believed he was in India. Over the past decade contrary to what they previously believed, society has decided to take a step back and look over the narrative of Columbus's discoveries. The man they saw as an admirable discoverer was shone in a new light and it was grotesque. Columbus had taken over the lands of the Native Americans without consent, called them Indians because that is what he wanted people to believe and had treated them derogatively. Though it is true

Christopher Columbus, with the backing of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain in 1492, headed west across the Atlantic to find a more direct and lucrative route to China and Japan. Although he never made it to either, he opened the door to the Americas, and also set the