Christopher Columbus Journey Summary

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He started sailing when he was the age of 14, and in 1492, he made a great expedition, with the intent to get to India, in order to find gold and other valuable goods. He had believed, knowing very well that the Earth was round, that if he kept on sailing west, eventually, he would get to Asia. Columbus had spent many years attempting to find people who would fund his voyage to find an ocean route from Europe to Asia. According to an informational webpage, when he was “rejected by the Portuguese king for a three-ship voyage of discovery, Columbus took his plan first to Genoa and then to Venice but he was rejected there too.” (Biogrpahy.com Editors. “Christopher Columbus Biography.” Biography.com. A&E Television Networks. n.d. Web. October 28. 2015.) Eventually, his voyage was funded by King

sister, Bianchi. As a child, he helped his father in his weaving business. He attended a

It is thought by many that Christopher Columbus was a skilled sailor on a mission of greed. Many think that he in fact did it all for the money, honor and the status that comes with an explorer, but this is not the case entirely. Columbus was an adventurer and was enthused by the thrill of the quest of the unknown. “Columbus had a firm religious faith and a scientific curiosity, a zest for life, the felling for beauty and the striving for novelty that we associate with the advancement of learning”. He had heard of the legendary Atlantic voyages and sailors reports of land to the west of Madeira and the Azores. He believed that Japan was about 4,800 km to the west of Portugal. In 1484, Columbus wanted support for an exploratory

Christopher Columbus left on August 3, 1492 from Spain looking for an all-water route to Asia, but found himself exploring what was actually islands in the Caribbean and West Indies. Columbus wrote down observations of what he saw there and brought back plants, animals, and even eight Native Americans when he returned to Spain on March 15, 1493.

Christopher Columbus set sail on a voyage out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1942. He led three ships; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. He had an objective to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies). However, Columbus trip was taking longer than he expected. He kept two logs of his journey, the first was kept a secret. The second log he kept deceive his crew by under-reporting the true distance they had traveled from Spain. The crew caught on to Christopher Columbus deception on October 10th, and Columbus promised his crew if they had not found land in the next two days that they would return home. The next day land was discovered. The voyage almost never happened because Columbus needed his trip to financed, and everyone

August 3, 1492 was the date that Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to the “New World” in attempt to reach Asia by sea (in a quest for an all-water route). After over 2 months of sailing the Atlantic Ocean and losing many crew members from illness, Columbus finally made it to the Caribbean Islands on October 12th. He explored and gathered items from the land for nearly 5 months. With the permission of the native’s he left behind approximately 40 men to settle and further explore the foreign lands before returning to Spain. Shortly after his arrival in Spain, Columbus wrote his first letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who timidly funded his expedition. In the letter he addressed his experiences and reason for Spanish interest in the new found land.

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Spain in 1451. Genoa back in 1451 was an old sea port which was by the Ligurian Sea. Christopher Columbus’s Spanish name was Cristoforo Colombo, translated into English that means Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had two younger brothers. Columbus had little education like most of the people of that time period of 1451. Genoa was a rather busy sea port that had a lot of trade coming in and out of it. Christopher Columbus picked up a thing or two like fishing from the sailors arriving at Genoa to do work. Columbus had a father who was a weaver that did not bring home a lot of money. Therefore, the family sometimes had to do without some things. Columbus also worked with his father when he was not out exploring the port of Genoa. However, Christopher had long had his mind set on being a sailor.

The arrival of Columbus lead to the decline of the Arawaks because of many factors. Columbus took advantage of the Arawaks’ land, resources, and people. As Zinn mentioned, the Arawaks lived in Bahama Island (which Columbus arrived on) and they were known to be very kind and generous. The Arawaks had great agriculture and weaving skills; they had farms of corn, yams, cassava. But lacked on having working animals and iron. What intrigued Columbus the most was their gold earrings. With no iron and real tools of defense, the Arawaks became defenseless.

The legacy of Christopher Columbus has been a divisive topic for many years. Indeed, according to Laurence Bergreen, the Columbian legacy has been divisive since the time of his voyages. In an excerpt from his book Columbus: The Four Voyages, Laurence Bergreen juxtaposes his extensive historical knowledge with a deep understanding of modern American culture to demonstrate that, for all his successes and failures, Columbus is significant as a reminder that we are all deeply complex and contradictory beings.

Having received previous funding from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and having sailed across the Atlantic and stumbled upon the Caribbean, Christopher Columbus writes a letter to the rulers of Spain, describing his journey. Upon reading the letter, it is clear to the reader that the letter is heavily biased and is an attempt to please the King and Queen. In addition, equally if not more important to Columbus, is getting the aide and consent of the Spanish Monarchs to imperialise the Caribbean and reap its resources for his own personal gain. In this letter to the Spanish rulers, Columbus uses his biased and untruthful description of “the Indies” in order to appeal to the monarchs and justify the exploitation of its people and resources.

According to Dr. Dominic Selwood, a former criminal barrister, novelist and a historian, Christopher Columbus’ expedition started a brutal slave trade of American Indians and four centuries of genocide which almost lead to their extinction.

What advantages accrued to Spain as a result of Columbus 's voyage? Discuss the transition from the use of the indigenous native peoples of the Americas to the use of Africans. What is the plantation economy and how did it mesh with mercantilism.

1)-August, 3, 1492-Columbus and his crew of 90 men set sail from Palos, Spain, hoping to reach Asia.

In 1491, Europe was experiencing a ‘thirst for power’, which would eventually lead to Christopher Columbus’ expedition of the Americas. The Mississippians and the Incas developed two of the worlds most used food, which at that time was not known by the Europeans. The Mississippians were known for their corn production and the Incas for their wide variety of potatoes. Both populations were in charge of feeding over 100 million people.

In the history of the new world, one of the most notable events to happen was Columbus’s expedition across the ocean blue way back in 1492. This was a very cataclysmic event because it began Europe's colonization of North and South America. While there were many people who recorded what the new world was like, the two accounts that will be focused upon here are that of the bishop Bartolomé de las Casas and Christopher columbus, two men with very, very different ideals and goals. These different viewpoints are reflected in both of their logs and they merit further examination.