How Did Christopher Columbus Impact Society

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain looking for a shortcut to Asia. The King and Queen of Spain put the money up for the cost of the journey. He was looking for trade goods that he could sell back in Spain, he took a Catholic priest with him to spread the word of God to the native people of the new lands. These explorations will change the world more between 1400 and 1800, trade, travel, weaponry, and ideas will result in changes that will be seen around the world.

Christopher Columbus achieved remarkable success in the New World by discovering new lands and presenting an opportunity for new development. Over the course of four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus ignited the conquest and colonization of land in the New World. He recorded his experiences in journals and letters for future navigators and sailors to read and learn from. The benefits that arose from his expeditions were known as the Columbian Exchange, which included the transfer of people, resources, and culture, all of which significantly impacted society worldwide. His world changing legacy impacted the development of the territory in the New World and increased trade, resources, and economic stability for Europe.

Christopher Columbus is an internationally celebrated explorer, due to his voyages to Central America during the Age of Discovery, a period between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries when explorers were sponsored by eastern countries to claim land. Columbus was an Italian explorer, on a conquest for gold and riches, who was sponsored by the monarchs of Spain, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, to travel to Southern Asia. Columbus proposed the idea of traveling from East to West, rather than traveling along the borders of countries and continents, such as Africa and Asia, to eastern countries for gold, spices, and other riches for the monarchs. When Columbus succeeded in landing in the New World, he believed he landed in Southern Asia, but rather he landed in Hispaniola, modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic. The “New World” was a term used for the area Columbus landed in, on October 12, 1492. When Columbus landed in the New World, it was inhabited by native people, who were used by the Spaniards to help navigate and understand the landscape of the islands and as workers to find gold. Columbus has a mixed legacy because he had positive and negative attributes; he made the Columbian Exchange, which increased biodiversity in the New World, and is an important explorer in American history, but also began the African slave trade and caused population devastation due to slavery and diseases in the native populations. The legacy of Christopher Columbus should be remembered as a villain because he was greedy for wealth and power, he introduced diseases to the New World, and enslaved and used violence against the natives.

The world is a better place because of Christopher Columbus’ important discoveries in the New World. His explorations resulted in the vast expansion of property for Europe, the exchange of goods and cultures between countries and a change in the worldview of geography. Columbus’s explorations were the catalyst for unprecedented trade known as the Columbian Exchange, which started the exchange of goods and ideas that would last for centuries and change the world forever. His discoveries unearthed new perspectives and created a mix of diverse biology between Europe and the New World. These exchanges changed the world we live in today and will continue to fuel centuries of exploration and discoveries.

The introduction of weapons, alcohol, and other European things and ideas also great and unpredictable effects. The Europeans encountered many sophisticated Indian cultures and some owe their survival to the Natives. The Europeans introduced the idea of “ownership of the land” to the Indians. Of course, tribes fought over territory to hunt, fish and occasionally practice agricultural on, but the idea of “ownership” of land was something they didn't comprehend. For some Indians the land was considered sacred, the idea of agriculture was thought of as insulting to the Earth, and many aspects of nature. For the Indians, things in nature like rivers, ponds, and even rocks, were like the saints in Christian cultures. Even after they had made deals with the Europeans for the purchase of land, they didn't understand what they had done and that led to further conflict. Europeans also changed their barter system. They had built complex economic relationships with other tribes and understood commerce as it existed in their barter and exchange system. Europeans had a destructive impact of this trading culture, trading different things than the Indians were used to and also through the use of currency.

Introduction: Columbus he has change history as we know it in 1492. When he sailed to the americas to find things new for europe, and know one believed he could find it but he did because one person believed.

The Hook: Christopher Columbus without a doubt was an imperative figure in American History. Despite never technically setting foot on (the now known) American grounds, his arrival brought both positives and negatives that can still be felt in today’s society.

Through his time on the ocean he achieved many things, including the finding of the Americas, which was one of his greater achievements, that have changed the world as we know it. A world without Columbus would be effectively unimaginable, his achievements have shaped the modern world entirely effectively leading to the colonization of the Americas. A world without him would also allow for the thriving of the native civilizations compared the the great dying that happened to the indigenous people of the Americas. Christopher Columbus was a great explorer and was able to lead to the eye opening influence that is from America, though his great achievements did lead to the death of many the eventual lead to the progress of the greater

As the Renaissance took flight in Europe, a new and exciting rebirth in learning and discovery took place. This led to exploration of new lands, and explorers such as the Spaniard Christopher Columbus took to the seas in search of adventure and discovery. One such discovery was what Columbus believed to be India, while on a search to find a western route to Asia. However, while he died believing he had succeeded, the lands he explored were actually that of the Americas. While some say that Columbus failed in many respects, he undoubtedly had a large impact on the world, as he brought about interaction between people from around the world and ventured where no one else had dared.

Before Christopher Columbus came and found the Americas. About 14,000 years ago there was a land bridge connected by Siberia and Alaska. But due to the last ice age water levels had been increasing. This led to the land bridge going under water. Now fast forward 14,000 years later Christopher Columbus had reached as what was known as the New World in 1492. When they discovered there were many native people on this land. Native American tribes were all over the place. Well two of the biggest tribes were the Incas and the Aztec people who each had over 25 million people in their tribe.

Columbus his whole life, but he survived the boat crash. Why this event in history

Throughout history, key individuals are simply the product of their times, happening upon their destinies through luck or inevitability rather than personal motive or talent. Christopher Columbus did not set out on his voyage, intending to discover a new continent and change the course of the world so dramatically; and if he had not played his role in the colonization of the Americas, someone else would have. Likewise, the cascade of events that led to World War I could be blamed on Archduke Ferdinand, his assassin, or even his driver, but the Great War would have erupted even if the assassination had never taken place at all. Sometimes, though, the power and personality of an individual is capable of diverting the course of history, their influence overpowering the cumulative current of events like a ship 's rudder.

The Impact of Exploration Most people know the old rhyme about how Christopher Columbus “sailed the ocean blue in 1492.” At this point, it has become permanently engrained in my memory. However, not many people are truly aware of the motives for Columbus’ trans-Atlantic voyage. They are also not aware as to why such marvelous legends have been told of such explorers who “discovered” landmarks that were already discovered. The Journey of Columbus in 1492 may be the most famous of them all, but it was most certainly not the last one in that part of the world.

In many a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, many resources from the New World of North America had been transported and distributed into the European areas of the Old World. In great means of success, the resources blossomed in popularity and caused many economic and agricultural effects on the inhabitants of the Old World. The great man behind such success was Christopher Columbus, an Italian seaman who, over the course of a decade modified the economic and agricultural successes of the Old World. The importations of multiple New World resources brought to the Old World many modifications regarding agricultural focuses, economic successes, and the diets and lifestyles of the European population.

Physically, Europeans were more advanced in weapons and disease prevention. Making advances in medicine was very important because, malaria was a prevalent disease that killed many Europeans, discouraging colonies to be made in Africa. Now learning how to combat it was