Research Paper On Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a very intelligent and dedicated Italian explorer that accounted for many great explorations and discoveries. He was born to a semi-large family, with three brothers and a sister. His father, Domenico Colombo, was a wool weaver; his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa. He was considered a seaman, Catholic, and was a self-taught cartographer. He had several jobs throughout his younger years, business agent for families in Genoa. He also traveled with the Portuguese to Iceland and Africa, during his teenage years.

Some say that Columbus Day shouldn't be a holiday or that the name should be changed, I believe that we should get rid of the holiday. When you are little, you are taught Christopher Columbus discovered America and he's a good person; however, in reality, none of that is true. Columbus didn't discover America, he found some islands in the Caribbean like Haiti and Cuba. In addition, he treated the Natives there with harsh cruelties. Columbus also brought over diseases that lead to the death of many natives because they weren't exposed to measles, influenza, small pox. “Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and

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.

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

Christopher Columbus was born in about 1451 in the Italian city of Genoa. He was the son of a wool merchant, and spent most of his childhood working as a part-time weaver. (Zinn) During his teenage years, Columbus got job on a merchant ship and stayed mostly at sea until 1470, when French privateers attacked his boat. Unfortunately the

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

I agree with this article. Your argument, saying that Italian- Americans are perceived as silly, or romantics, is very true. Italians are portrayed through movies or jokes as over the top, emotional people. I also think by saying Columbus Day is more about the people he represents, rather than himself, is correct. He's the model of what an Italian-American can achieve and accomplish.

Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in the 1400’s but sent by the Spanish to find a new path to the Indies, because in his time there

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.

On October 9th, most people in America rejoice as they get to sleep in later than usual. October 9th, Columbus day, is a day recognized in American culture as a day to celebrate the accepted founder of America. October 9th however, is also Leif Erikson day. Leif Erikson is the Norse viking who really discovered the North American continent, and he did so over 500 years before Columbus was even born.

Hooray or not? Not! Christopher Columbus day should not be celebrated! Who wants to celebrate an awful man who wasn’t even the first person to discover the U.S. He also killed thousands of people!

Christopher Columbus wanted to set out to find riches and get famous but what he doesn't know is that he discovered one of the greatest country's on the earth. Columbus asked the Italian government to fund his expedition to locate to spice islands but the Italian government turned him down. Upon being turned down columbus set out to find the king of great britain. Columbus ask the king to find his expedition and the king agreed to fund it. The agreeing to fund this expedition set in course a chain of events that would change history forever.

Christopher Columbus was born during 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest out of five and worked closely with his brothers in adulthood. In 1473 he took a job as an apprentice and was a business agent for some families in Genoa. When he grew up he married a woman and had two sons named Fernando and Diego. Fernando was