Letter To Icarus Paper

The Journal of Christopher Columbus is the day to day journal/diary writing of Christopher Columbus. He started taking notes of his journey starting the year of 1492. This took place mostly on his voyage over the Atlantic Ocean on his way to the Indies, and also on the lands he discovers on the way to his destination. He wrote every day of his journeys as a journal to the king and queen of his discoveries.

Since my endeavors have achieved achievement, I realize that it will please to you: these I have resolved to relate, so you might be made familiar with everything done and found in this our voyage. On the thirty-third day after I withdrew from Cadiz, I went to the Indian ocean, where I discovered numerous islands occupied by men without number, of all which I took ownership for our luckiest ruler, with broadcasting envoys and flying benchmarks, nobody questioning. To the first of these I gave the name of the favored Savior, on whose guide depending I had achieved this and additionally alternate islands. Yet, the Indians call it Guanahany. I likewise called every one of the others by another name. For I requested one island to be called Santa Maria of the Conception, another Fernandina, another Isabella, another Juana, thus on with the rest.

On the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus is celebrated for “discovering” the Americas. Since preschool and all through middle school, children are taught that he was a great Spanish explorer who sailed to the Americas on the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Children are taught that he is a hero for the discovery, and that we ought to celebrate him. This becomes a local issue because many locals believe that Columbus should not be celebrated. They argue that through Christopher Columbus’s tyranny and greed, Native Americans were slaughtered, lost their homes, and the Trail of Tears took place.

At Christopher Columbus Middle School, the students who were moving on to Clifton High School were given a spectacular farewell bash in the form of a circus-themed dance.

The discovery of the Americas, has been thoroughly investigated, studied, and debated by historians ever since Christopher Columbus happened upon Cuba in 1492. Columbus has been described as a “resilient, courageous, and confident” explorer that discovered the New World of the Americas. Some historians question whether Columbus, and European conquistadors, like Cortes, conquered the new world ethically and if the destruction of indigenous races to further advance Spain’s territories and influence was morally just. Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States (2003), has a bias that North America was explored and invaded primarily to gain monetary riches. This aligns with his belief in a struggle of social classes. In this

Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World, creating the search for profits determining the direction of Spanish exploration. In 1504, Hernando Cortes had sailed the Atlantic Ocean with 600 men, ten cannons, weapons and horses. They had come to fight and conquer “To justify their own imperialism, the rival Europeans elaborated upon some very real Spanish atrocities to craft the notorious persistent “Black Legend”: that the Spanish were uniquely cruel and far more brutal and destructive than other Europeans in their treatment of the Indians. (American Colonies p.51)

If someone were to ask you who founded America, who would be your answer? Although many accusations have been thrown around, such as Christopher Columbus, the Vikings, or even Native American civilizations, there is historical evidence to back particularly one of those explorers up. This argument vocalizes the inaccurate portrayal that was taught about Christopher Columbus being the first to discover the Americas when in fact the Vikings came across the Americas prior to Christopher Columbus.

“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue…” If one has ever taken a US history class throughout their education, this would be a well-known beginning to a poem relating to Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World. When people think of the New World and who founded the Americas, they automatically attribute it to Christopher Columbus, which wouldn’t be incorrect. However, one does not realize the amount of factors that played in the finding and settlement of the Americas. There were a plethora of key developments that took place, whether good or bad that had influenced the success of America’s settlement. Navigation and trade, germs, European rivalries and great powers, Native people, crops, and slavery all became imperative

Many children in school have been taught that Christopher Columbus found America and that he was a hero when in reality he was a savage. There have been many important people in our history from scientists, mathematicians, and explorers and Christopher Columbus was one of them. He has always been known as one of the first and greatest explorers that discovered North America even though he never set foot on the North America continent. He rose from a small family to have great prestige and wealth.

Many people think of Christopher Columbus as the European who discovered the Americas. However, Leif Ericson, a Norsemen, also known as a Viking, was the first European to see the Americas. Columbus was born to Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa sometime between August 25 and October 31, 1451 in Italy near Genoa (Heat-Moon 4). “Columbus had four other siblings” (Phillips 64). Columbus’ childhood was a tough one, even though he had a great parental guidance. “Columbus grew up in a medieval world exhausted by war and bigotries, religious corruption and intolerance, a time of widespread spiritual desolation and social pessimism, a continent deeply in need of a rebirth" (Heat-Moon 5). The era of which Columbus lived in was really in need

I must begin by telling you that my father is a historian and I cringed while watching this video. There was so much left out and a lot of information misrepresented. Because my great-grandparents are still living so we have records of 10 generations in our family. I can proudly say that a lot of my family's history and culture is being wiped from history books around the world as if it never existed. Our family lineage traces back to the Moorish empires which reigned in northern Africa and Europe for more than 700 years. There were clear lines of trade between the west and east, and though not publicly known as if it was some big secret Columbus knew where he was going because he had a Moorish navigator guiding his ship, thus the Indian" spices" notation The moors had spices from the moors has spices from the east but had long been trading with the Africans from the south and the natives in the west.. African were trading with the American natives long before Columbus and this is documented. I find through cultural bias and documented history that with Columbus came not only the fall of the great empires but also the decline in civilizations as we once knew to flourish. Columbus, Ferdinand, and Isabella were set out to rule and take control of the world. I can only think of negative because it is what I was not only taught but it is what sticks out about his conquest to the west. Slavery, disease, genocide, greed, religious persecution and gentrification are all major problems that came out of Columbus expedition to the west.

I believe you should put Christopher Columbus in your exhibit and I think you should put him in the villains section. Christopher Columbus was an explorer who was trying to find a water route leading from Europe to Asia but he ended up finding the Americas. He was born in 1451 and died May 20, 1506.

This letter was written by Christopher Colombus around 1494. Its contents consist of rules or laws that would be established for the Island of Espanola, and other islands that would be discovered in the future. This letter has 13 rules, most of them dealing with wealth and the discovery of gold. It starts off by stating the amount of colonist that would like to go to this new island, due to the benefits of trade, farming, and safety. But with this amount of people there has to be order and proper organization and so every colonist has to become a citizen of a one of the four towns.

The Renaissance was a period of rebirth for art, literature, architecture, technology, and music. It was also a time of secular learning – discovering new ideas outside the confines of the church. An emphasis in exploration also accompanied the Renaissance, using advanced tools in navigation, such as the Astrolabe, which measured latitude, making exploration more accurate. Maps became more popular, which incorporated information from past explorers to more accurately explore. Marco Polo, a man from Venice, Italy, traveled to Asia in the thirteenth century at the height of the Mongol Empire. Marco Polo documented his travels across Asia, describing

Christopher Columbus’s life was filled with adventures and new beginnings that would leave a remarkable impression throughout history. Born in 1451 in Genoa, Columbus from an early age would become well acclimated to sailing as he began his career aboard a merchant ship and later study mathematics, astronomy, cartography, and navigation. Growing up and experiencing new thing Columbus began to come up with a plan different from all others to set sail across the Atlantic instead of going around the African continent. With his ideas being turned away from both Portugal and England it was Ferdinand and Isabella who took sympathy upon him and financial back his voyage as they both had hopes of gaining fame and fortune. In 1942, Columbus began his voyages and would carefully document each experience in the form of letters that would have a lasting impact on the world. I believe with the dramatic change in tones we see between the first and fourth letters it gives us the reader a true insight into Columbus’s mental and physical emotions over the years. Furthermore, these letters allow us to explore a part of history that is considered monumental while gaining information of what took place over a ten-year journey.