Pros And Cons Of Christopher Columbus

Columbus is a very controversial historical figure that today revolves around a Euro-centric perspective, White supremacy, and a part of the founding in today’s nation we live in. Multiple accounts have been taken during his time of his cruel legacy. Horrible descriptions of him raping women, mutilating Native bodies, enslaving who he considered his inferiors and many other atrocities are still looked over today. Not to mention the fact that he also helped to claim a nation that rightfully did not belong to the Europeans. Christopher Columbus left his dark past with us, from killing Natives, taking away the chastity of women, and enslaving the true ancient residents of this nation, all leading to him justly being

One would think the famed 1492 voyage by the Italian sailor known as Christopher Columbus Italy logically funded the voyage, right? Well, actually that is not the case! Columbus managed to convince Spanish monarchs Ferdinand V and Isabella I to fund his voyage to find a new trade route to India. Christopher Columbus, known as Cristobal Colon in Spanish, actually didn’t go to the Spaniards first; he actually went to officials in Portugal, France and England, but he they turned him away due to disputes about the size of the earth. In 1491, he convinced the Spanish monarchy to fund his voyage. The Spaniards provided him with two small ships called caravels and one larger type of ship called a carrack. They were fifteen to thirty meters long. On August 3rd, Columbus set voyage with the three ships: the Nina (originally named la Santa Clara), the Pinta (called la Pintada by the sailors), and the Santa Maria (actually named la Santa Gallega or Maria Galante). He arrived on Hispaniola on October 12. But why would a foreign country be interested in funding a foreign explorer? There were several reasons why King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella supported the voyage of Columbus. Those reasons were the monarch’s wish to become a world power, their want to trade with Asia, and lastly, to spread their religion. There were various other reasons, but these were the main three.

Christopher Columbus is a villain in my eyes. This belief rests upon three main points: excerpts from Columbus’ journal and letters from his first arrival, the reality that he and his man alike were gold-thirsty, and the unlawful crimes he committed to satisfy and please the king in order to receive glory. These actions are often overlooked by many because it eventually led to the development of our country, but that should not excuse his actions. Consequently, his actions set an example for future generations, on how to solve problems with the Indians-extinguish them. Below, I will elaborate more fully on these arguments.

Christopher Columbus is commonly known as the “discoverer” of the Americas. From a young age students are taught all the wonderful things he did for our land and how well he interacted with the Natives. Although the truth is disregarded and as students grow, they come to learn that Columbus was not a hero in fact. Columbus came close to causing a genocide of the Native Americans, and basically began the “white power” movement that America is forced to deal with today. The truth of what Christopher Columbus did makes him no better than Hitler, yet America still praises him as an important figure in our history. The actions of Columbus has impacted all Americans lives since the 1400’s when he first landed on American soil. Although it did make America into the super power it is today, the structure within the borders will never be equal because of his abuse of power back then. Christopher Columbus is not the hero American students are taught from a young age and does not deserve any of the praise or recognition that we as American citizens continue to give him on a daily basis.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian-born man that managed to win the favor and funding of the Spanish monarchy. With this funding, Columbus led the most well-known voyage in human history: the voyage to the New World in 1492. This voyage laid the foundation for future colonies and, eventually, many nations in the world. However, this voyage would not have gone past conceptualization if Columbus had not been supported by the Spanish monarchy. While a variety of factors affected the monarchy’s decision, the primary factors were Columbus’ experience in navigation, assistance Columbus received from Jewish supporters, and the capitulations laid out by Columbus himself.

When it comes to increasing the wealth and power of a country Diplomats will usually try to choose their very best to do the job, but sometimes Countries will combine their power to try and make a difference. Some are critical advancements that benefit the country but some are glorious disappointments that leave these people unwilling to team up with others without having doubt or fear of failure.

Columbus was one of the negative man that found the new world. He travle with many explore. King Francis Queen Elizabeth gave him three ships and poole travel with. Columbus was known as a bad person. He bid some positive and negative thing.

For many years people have viewed Christopher Columbus as a very positive person who founded the Americas. In more recent years people have found evidence that shows the opposite of this positive person people thought Columbus was. The majority of historical interpretations of Columbus for centuries have claimed him to be this great explorer who founded the Americas, however, in recent years a major shift has occurred as historians like Zinn and others have found new evidence that claims Columbus was abominable to the natives and their population. Additionally, a new interpretation has emerged challenging the work of Zinn and others because there is also evidence that shows he brought positivity through discovering the new world such as bringing education, spreading christianity, and the Columbian Exchange.

Christopher Columbus is the all too famous explorer who is credited with accidentally finding the New World. Children have been taught throughout their lives that he is someone to look up to. Columbus’ heroism could easily be turned to villainy because he sold natives into slavery, murdered and brought disease to innocent people, and pushed them out and took their land.

In the era of exploration, wealthy monarchies devoted and funded expeditions to spread the Catholic religion, gaining fortune and wealth, but most importantly gain uncivilized and unclaimed territory. Wealthy empires, such as the Spanish and the Portuguese, funded historic explorers for example, such as Pizarro and Magellan, to expand and connect two distinct worlds. One of the first explorers to set foot in North America, who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 was the Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus. As they sailed on August and reached their destination in October, the two-month expedition led them to the Caribbean island were all of his men believed it was India. There Columbus and his men discovered a new civilization, the Taino.

First, Christopher columbus brought diseases to america took natives with him and brought new foods! Christopher Columbus brought plague . He took natives to Europe. He also brought livestock, fruit and diseases! Christopher columbus was not a great person, not just because he brought diseases but he did it on purpose!

There were both pros and cons in Columbus’ discovery. The discovery and the four voyages of Columbus certainly brought people together from unconnected continents, causing a mix of people with different mix of cultures and traditions. However, Columbus effort to help the Spanish to settle also brought a time of brutality and violence. For example, when the Spanish saw that the land was teeming with many Native Americans groups, they used military force to subdue them and turn them into laborer workers or slaves. Spanish diseases also killed many Native Americans. As Native Americans populations began to decline, some Native American women married Spanish men and produced the first mixed society known as the mestizo. Mixed societies later became

Of the many misconceptions Christopher Columbus had about the land he was traveling to, perhaps one of the largest faux pas was the mislabeling of the indigenous people as “Indians”. The famous misconception stems from the norms of Europe at that time. The population referred to Asia as India which sometimes were divided into sub groups. He also assumed that when they landed they must be near the Indies so it stuck. Of course we now know that the people Christopher Columbus made contact with were in-fact a tribe about sixty miles southeast of his original landing zone of San Salvador.

When Columbus completed a successful voyage of discovery in 1492, he had not opened up a "New World" for Europeans; his voyage actually had connected two worlds of equal maturity. Native peoples numbering in the millions, with diverse languages, cultures, and religions, had occupied the Americas for millennia. It was an opportunity for natives and newcomers to learn from each other. But Europeans were not interested in maximizing cultural contact; they sought land and new economic opportunity, which came primarily at the expense of the natives. They readily borrowed much of the Indians' material culture but eschewed their social and political systems. The Puritans who came to New England in the 1620s found a land virtually bereft of natives,

Great post! We agree with that although Christopher may have committed questionable moral actions, he still paved the way to the America we know today. Which I find kinda funny considering he never actually discovered North America. However, he did help Europe realized colonization and help establish trade routes. The trade routes proved to be beneficial to the natives as well as the Europeans. Christopher Columbus brought horses that would forever change how Indians would travel and hunt. Upon Christopher arrival back to Europe, he brought back gifts such as potatoes, tobacco and corn. Despite his downfalls, Christopher Columbus is still and very important part of history.