Pros And Cons Of Columbus

Columbus sold the natives of Arawak tribe from what now called Haiti when he and his crew member found that there was no gold to bring back to the king and queen. In Chapter 1 of Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progression by Zinn it states that “In the year 1495, they went on a great slave raid, rounded up fifteen hundred Arawak men, women, and

The “Christians” abused the Indians performing acts of force and violence. They enslaved the women and children and also performed sexual acts of the women.

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.

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.

Everyone’s heard the saying “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. We look at our calendars on that second monday of october, and printed clearly, we see the words “Columbus Day”. The few achievements he did manage weren’t nearly as great as is necessary to become celebrated, let alone put on a calendar, and are overshadowed by the abhorrent things he did, which include enslavement, mutilation, and abuse as governor. As many already know, Columbus didn’t discover America.

Columbus's arrogance and exploitation regarding slavery began on his second voyage. Ferdinand and Isabella had ordered that the natives be treated kindly. In opposition to this order, Columbus began exporting slaves in great numbers in 1494. It was because he was not making any real profit elsewhere on the island that he decided to exploit the one source of income--people--he had in abundance (Fernandez-Armesto 107). When word reached him that the crown did not want him sending more slaves, Columbus ignored it. He was desperate to make his expeditions profitable enough for Ferdinand and Isabella's continued support. Evidently he was not reprimanded because thousands of Indians were exported. By the time they reached Spain, usually a third of them were dead. Bartolome de las Casas wrote that one Spaniard had told him they did not need a compass to find their way back to Spain; they could simply follow the bodies of floating Indians who had been tossed overboard when they died (17). It is horrible to consider that the exportation of these natives resulted

Columbus found a tribe of native people called the Taino. They willingly traded jewelry, animals, and supplies with the them. But instead of trading columbus took everything from them and enslaved them to find

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.

The first time I ever heard and learned about Christopher Columbus I was a young kid in school and ever since then I was taught along side with my friends the “kitty side” of the Columbus incidents. Never had I ever been taught the true horrors and the real side of Christopher Columbus that have been presented to me here in this class. I was always educated that Mr. Columbus showed up and discovered America and there were some natives as he arrived but it smoothed over fairly well and I guess I had just assumed everything turned out ok. After being introduced in the beginning of the class as something other than the saint or hero as I am used to Columbus’s image and my thoughts on him have changed strongly.

In modern day society, we often overlook key points in history. For example, Columbus Day, why do we celebrate it? Well, from one’s point of view, we celebrate this holiday for several reasons, one of these reasons are because it recalls Christopher Columbus' entry to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This occasion is questionable on the grounds that the European settlement in the Americas prompted the downfall of the history and culture, of the indigenous people groups. What are some of the pros and cons from naming Columbus Day to Indigenous Day? That is what you will learn in this essay.

As soon as Columbus lands in the Indies, he claims the land for Spain. He wrote, “There I found very many islands, filled with people innumerable, and of them all I have taken possession...and no opposition was offered to me” (Columbus 1). He immediately takes possession of everything despite not knowing exactly where he is. He then renames all of the islands as if they belong to him. He doesn’t care that other people already live there. The letter from de las Casas reveals the terrible things Columbus and his men did by enslaving the natives. He forced the people living on the islands to work for him without pay. de las Casas wrote, “[The Spaniards] have brought to the island of Hispaniola and the island of San Juan more than two million souls taken captive, and have sent them to do hard labor in the mines, labors that caused many of them to die” (de las Casas 6). de las Casas emphasizes that these people were forced to work against their will, and he notes that many of these people died because of it. “Then, like sheep, they are sorted out into flocks...the ship owners carrying of their share, the best flock, to compensate them for the moneys they have invested…” he wrote (6). He shows that the people were treated and sold like animals. Columbus and his men used them to make money, forcing them to gather natural resources that he could sell. de las Casas wrote about one instance of this. Some of the natives had to dive for pearls, which required them to be underwater for long periods of time. He wrote, “In this harvesting of pearls let us again consider whether the Spaniards preserve the divine concepts of love for their fellow men, when they place the bodies of the Indians in such mortal danger…” (6). He’s calling these men immoral, showing how they don’t care about the lives of their slaves. Columbus wanted more land so he could use its

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.

Columbus noticed that some of these Indians had little golden ornaments in their noses and ears, This made him take some of the Arawak Indians that they help prisoner onto the ship and insisted they guide him to where they were the source of the gold was, this had lead him to sail to what is now Cuba then to Hispaniola.# There bits of gold were visible in the rivers. Columbus and his crew built a fort and left thirty-nine crew members there to collect gold and store all they would find.

Columbus’s big plan for Hispaniola since the beginning was to take advantage of the natives and take their land, and the gold he believed was located there. He built the first fort in the Western Hemisphere, and left some of his men to find and store gold there. Columbus had to ask for a little more help from their majesties, he convinced them by saying he would take them “as much gold as they need ... and as many slaves as they ask” (Zinn,6 ) Columbus’s plans affected the natives, in many ways; first of all they were going to lose their land, and also they were going to be taken captive for slave labor.

If you could visualize the world through the deep turquoise eyes of a kindergarten teacher, you would see a classroom filled with young, impressionable innocent minds: blank canvasses preparing to be turned into masterpieces.