Compare And Contrast Christopher Columbus And Hernando Cortez

Christopher Columbus and Alvez Nunez Cabeza de Vaca were both explorers for Spain, but under different rulers and different times. The more famous, Christopher Columbus, came before de Vaca’s time. Columbus sailed a series of four voyages between 1492 and 1504 in search for a route to Asia which led accidentally to his discovery of new land inhabited with Indians. Christopher sailed under the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella for his journey to the “Indies,” whom he was loyal to by claiming everything in their name. De Vaca , followed in Christopher’s footsteps and journeyed to Hispanionola for Spain’s emperor, Charlves V, the grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella. Both, Columbus and de Vaca composed a series of letters addressing the

Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh, two men who have great accomplishments underneath their belts. First you have Christopher Columbus who was the man to discover the new world and Charles Lindbergh who miraculously traveled across the Atlantic ocean by himself without stopping, both having to conquer insurmountable obstacles. Though they come from different time periods they are still similar in a variety of ways, for example both of them as kids enjoyed their future occupations from the start, Charles thoroughly enjoyed aviation when he was young and Columbus gazed upon the seas as he traveled on merchant ships. Traveled across the Atlantic ocean with different navigation methods and used different ways of transportation to get across.

Hernando Cortés was a lawyer and had family connections, he used those tools to become the colony notary. When Hernando was going to start the travel he first sailed to Hispaniola to find merchant ships for his conquest and then started to travel to the mainland. Hernando Cortés and his army of 508 men arrived at the Aztec empire that was in deep crisis, and he made a note of how weak the empire was and took advantage of that. Hernando and his army fought the natives in what was the largest city in the world; Tenochtitlán. They had began to perform human sacrifice and militarization to keep control of the

During a time when there were many expeditions to the new world, Hernan Cortez was a man who set out to expand Spain’s grasp on newly discovered land. The Governor had scheduled for Cortez to explore the newly discovered Mexico area in a small expedition. It was ultimately canceled, but Cortez still set out on February 18th, 1519 with Spanish men to the new land.

Before the discovery of the Americas, the world was thought to be just Africa, Asia, and Europe. Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailing under the spanish flag discovered the Americas in 1492 while trying to make a voyage to Asia. When first arriving they settled in what is now known as “Hispaniola” with hopes of converting the Natives to christian faith. The natives were living on these lands for thousands of years before the explorers came over and invaded their homes. The ways in which the Spanish Explorers viewed these natives was different from the way in which the French viewed them. The spanish were much more harsh and cruel with their thoughts and in their interactions with the natives than the french were. Bartolomé and Ragueneau both wrote about their experiences and the things they witnessed while in the Americas.

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.

The Spanish was interested in taking over Tenochtitlan, which is the Aztec capital, after learning intel about great treasures supposedly being there. In response, Spain sent Hernando Cortez with a small expedition of about six hundred men to defeat the Aztecs. At first, their attempt was a failure, but they were successful in spreading diseases such as smallpox to the Natives whom had no immunity against them. This allowed Cortez

In the 16th century Spaniards Herman Cortes and Christopher Columbus set out on endeavoring journeys in search of new worlds. Christopher Columbus encountered, in the Caribbean islands, a group of extremely simplistic Native Americans. Herman Cortes however encountered a much more advanced Native American group in Meso America; we formally know this area to be Mexico. In my essay I will be comparing and contrasting several aspects between both of these Native American Civilizations including sophistication, technology, housing, weapons, religion and their reaction to the Spaniards. Letters written by Columbus and Cortes will be used to make these comparisons.

Christopher Columbus and John Smith are both similar in the fact that they made their kin very proud and became famous of their accounts of unexplored territory. Though their ideas of what to do with what they encountered was different, they both were very brave men. They were different in a way though. Columbus believed that there was a great value in terms of wealth to the natural resources he saw on the islands and he used a different rhetoric to explain it. John Smith saw economic growth possibilities in the fertile New England area that had a vast amount of natural resources, he also valued different commodities than Columbus.

Throughout recorded human history, authors, leaders, and researchers, have documented the past from many different perspectives, and viewpoints. Not every historian has the same stance on a certain issue, therefore, differences in point of view occur in almost every writing. In the textbook The American Pageant, A People’s History of the United States by Larry Schweikart, and Michael Allen, and Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, the reader can see many different perspectives throughout each reading. The infamous explorer known as Christopher Columbus, has been documented in many different ways. Depending on the reading, Columbus has be called everything from a “[...]symbol of the new age of hope”, to an inhuman tyrant who captured Indians and turned them into slaves.

Hernan Cortes was a fierce conquistador from Spain that grew up in a noble family. In 1504, he headed out for Hispaniola but ended up in Cuba in 1511. Cortes convinced the Cuban governor to let him be the leader and general of an expedition to Mexico. He then established Veracruz, and was elected official General. Cortes scorched his ships. His men were skeptical about

The Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando De Soto supplied ships for Francisco Pizarro’s (ca. b.1476- d.1541) expedition and accompanied Pizarro in the conquest of Peru in 1532. Before the sacking of the Inca population, De Soto was the first European to contact the Inca emperor Atahuallpa, and became his ally. However, Pizarro for politically reason had Atahuallpa kidnap for ransom in the fear of an uprising. The ransom was paid but Pizarro still had Atahuallpa executed, with cynicism of Pizarro leadership De Soto return to Spain in 1536 before his proceeding on his own expedition to Florida in 1538.

One might wonder what Cabot and Columbus have in common. Well they were both born in liverpool, England, and wanted to sail and discover new lands. Cabot was born in 1405, but his birth certificate was lost at sea so no one really knows his Birth date. When he was a young man he moved to Venice, a city crawling with many sailors telling their exciting stories and adventures. John dreamed of new and faster routes to many of these places in the far east.

Francisco Pizarro: Spanish explorer who discovered and conquered the Inca Empire, nowadays Peru. Hernán Cortés: Spanish explorer who discovered and conquered the Aztec Empire, nowadays central Mexico.

“Cortes was chosen to lead an expedition into Mexico. His mission was to establish a Spanish colony in mainland Mexico. Although only accompanied by 600 men, Cortes quickly conquered the area of Tabasco and founded the town of La Villa Reca de la Vera Cruz. ”(Whittemore 2016) Cortes and his men also took over and destroyed the Aztecs. Oddly, according to Aztec tradition, gods would one day reappear on earth.