Where Would We Be Without Them?

Magellan was given credit for being the first to travelling around the world. He had begun his voyage on September 20th, 1519. Magellan was fascinated and determined by the idea of finding the Spice Island. Magellan had done many minor explorations before. The exploration of Columbus gave him the idea of a successful expedition to The Caribbean. Magellan had asked the Portuguese king to support his expedition but the king had denied his offer. So he went to Spanish Royalty to ask for help which was granted. The Spanish King agreed to give an armada of five ships. Magellan should have been defended because he is determined, he has good navigation skills and he was religious.

1519: a Spanish armada of five ships set sail that would soon be the first to circumnavigate the globe. Their captain, a Portuguese noble, was an accomplished student of cartography and astronomy. Europe’s cravings for spices sent Columbus to Asia, and into the barrier that was the Americas. Magellan’s expedition sought to find a way through, on a mission to bring a new trade route and immense wealth to Spain. Through the crew’s starvation, two mutinies against him, and his harsh personality and lack of accomplishment, Magellan proved his life was not worth saving.

Although some scholars believe magellan was good, I think he is a very bad person. Magellan went all around the world, but did not make it back. He had a big battle and thought he was going to win, but he did not, he was attacked. Magellan was trying turn all the people into christian’s but it did not work. Magellan is not worth defending. This article is talking about how bad Magellan really is, he is a very bad person.

Christopher Columbus was a leader, explorer, adventurer, thinker, and doer. Although he was rejected multiple times whilst trying to get the funds necessary to travel to India, he did not give up and continued to seek the approval of the Portuguese and Spanish monarchies. Eventually, when Queen Isabella was

Christopher Columbus is known for being an explorer and is said to have made one of the most important voyages in world history without even wanting to. Something else that is also believed is that he “opened up” the Americas to European nations, which changed the course of American history. Before he went on his voyage though, he was in need of resources. So he asked Portugal, France, Italy among many other countries but they all denied Columbus and thought his statement was incorrect. Columbus’ statement was that he had found a faster way to get to Asia than the Portuguese had, which was going around the continent of Africa. Columbus lived a majority of his life in Spain, so when it came to setting sail for the west, Spain was one of the first nations he asked for funding. Though it took Columbus a little more than a few years to convince a nation to fund his voyage, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand from Spain subsequently granted to endow him in 1492. He would then leave for “Asia” on August 3, 1492. There are many unanswered questions and thoughts on why Spain decided to finally fund Columbus’ voyage, especially since he was an explorer that was born in Italy.

Columbus is a very influential figure in history. Because of his determination, two very different worlds met, and neither would leave the same. When Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean in early August, 1492, he brought with him many foreign ideas and concepts, as well as new crops and animals that flourished in the new world. Columbus was able to spread christianity throughout the new world, both through force and through chance. He was also able to increase Spanish influence throughout the Americas, or what he thought were the Indies. His contribution to Europe, and Spain in particular, helped make them the leaders of their time. Christopher Columbus represents many good things about humanity. He represents bravery, idealism, and pride, which are all qualities we appreciate in humans. If he had not had the determination

Magellan voyage was perilous and led to his death having got caught up in a local dispute in the Philippines, his remaining crew decided against returning by the same route and opted for taking the better known but risky Portuguese guarded route around Africa. This gave Magellan his title as being the first man to circumnavigate the globe, and revolutionised cartography so that maps fell more in line with those of today

Columbus is regarded as one of the most famous explorers of all time. His discoveries were monumental in regards to opening up European expansion. This led to the increase in trade between Europe and the Americas. Columbus was known to be stubborn and immoral at times but just wanted to attain success during his life.

Very little did I know that he did not only not discover America nor reach Asia But , that Christopher settle in an Island called the Bahamas and was a harsh leader that rise up slavery, epidemic diseases, and destroy and exploited the native population in his attempt to gain wealth and fame. He was viugorsly stubborn to the idea that he fail and not gain the wealth he had in mind that he swear he had reach Asia. The four vogues were a complete failure. Despite all the horrendous things Christopher Columbus did he did in fact awaken a new era of Colonization, was an incredible sailor, revolutionize the way some people think about the earth being round not flat, intended to raise up settlements. In the year 1506 he died with the idea that he had reach Asia. So the next time you hear someone say Christopher Columbus is a role model and should be celebrated and honored you might want to look back in history and really understand how he was as a

For example, because of Columbus’ voyage to America, we have many products that are available to us, like irish potatoes, french vanilla ice cream, colombian coffee, and more. (Document 6). Many things we enjoy today, we can thank explorers that discovered and brought back goods to their home countries. Imagine never being able to try certain foods because there are across the world, well because of the age of exploration, we are able to have them where we live. Another positive effect of the age of exploration was that it influenced new inventions and discoveries. Since explorers traveled long distances, they had to have efficient ways of sailing and carry supplies. Since they needed reliant sources of drinks for their trip since they couldn’t drink ocean water, sailors experimented back then and created new alcoholic drinks that we drink today. Also, many parts of ships had to be improve for any situation like storms, or pirate attacks, which also brought up new models of ships and artillery. Explorers needed the best tools for exploring without getting lost, which is why the astrolabe was improved during the time period of the age of exploration to help explorers in their long journeys and many more tools were created or improved that future explorers found useful. Those are all examples of the benefits that we got from the age of exploration and it shows that life wouldn’t be the same if it hadn’t took place and it was a big step for

Introduction: Christopher Columbus explored America on accident. He sailed the ocean in 1492. Claim: Christopher Columbus was admired because he started Globalization, he explored America, and he sparked new ideas. Reason 1: Christopher Columbus started globalization. Evidence 1: Christopher Columbus started the Columbian exchange which is people trading things that they wanted but did not have, so they traded people that have what they wanted (CLCweb).

During Magellan's expedition, many unconventional things had occurred, but he still occurred, but he still continued. They had lost two ships and 27 men. Some of his own officers revolted against him. He worked with his problems and kept moving forward. These are the following reasons to why Magellan is more of a hero than a villain, because of his perseverance and problem-solving

Do you know what circumnavigating the earth is? It is when someone sails or travels all the way around the world. Ferdinand Magellan was the first one to ever attempt this. He was born February 3, 1480, Portugal. He died in 1521, Philippines. Ferdinand had five siblings too. There names are Genebra de Magalhães, Diogo de Sousa, Aires de Magalhães, Duarte de Sousa, Isabel de Magalhães. María Caldera Beatriz Barbosa was his wife. Ferdinand changed the knowledge of The New World by setting sail, and proving something. He proved that you could sail west and reach Asia. After going through South America he and his crew found trouble. Ferdinand Magellan proceeded to stop at the Philippines. Other important accomplishments were also made too. Ferdinand Magellan changed the knowledge of The New World.

With him also being with a company making ships equipped for long trips he took four. He was in his 40’s and had the king and queen of spain funding him so he set sail for the westward passage to Asia. He claimed to lead all 4 expeditions but research shows that he was only a navigator. He sailed west and landed in South and North America. He got most of his fame from letters he wrote to back home. In the letters he vaguely described the places he explored and mentioned a vast content. They were more bestselling than Columbus’s diaries.He even named the letters. He discovered the Nile, the Yangtze, the Susquehanna, and the Amazon in South America. He was one of the first to notice that he had reached a “ New World “. He did marry Maria Cerezo and probably had kids. Later the king of portuguese funded him. In my research I did find out if he had any siblings. He did take 4 voyages to what he called the “ New World “. Soon scholars began to question his discoveries. It is unclear if he made more voyages to the “ New World “. Unfonoly he died because of malaria on Feb. 22, 1512. Many people then thought that Columbus was the real european explorer to find the “ New World

The creation of a world market led to the Europeans busying to consolidate their power in all directions, this resulted in the thirty years. The British had committed regicide, as well as fighting in the Anglo-Dutch wars which arose out of commercial rivalry. Arising amongst the turmoil, geography underwent a “Scientific Revolution” (Hefferman, 2009, pp.05). Cartography and navigational skills led to researchers to explore further, which led to scientific discoveries and conscious data gathering. In this period, you could perhaps say the interests of a naturalist and a navigator were one, as see with the likes of Linnaeus and his new classification system. This scientific revolution led to new methodologies, language, instruments which all had an influence on geographical traditions. This was a truly significant change, since before expeditions were powered by imperial zealotry tinged with evangelic instincts (Livingstone, 1996). The achievements of this era are well documented, for example William Dampier (1651-1715) was the first Englishman to scientifically examine the west and northwest parts of Australia. This was significant as it was the first voyage by the British for pure scientific exploration (Crone, 1964). Then in 1769, James Cook (1728-90) transformed circumnavigation from, hit and miss, to well-masterminded expeditions. He opened the south hemisphere for exploitation as these explorations entwined with commercial backing and