Shuttle America

While reading the letters of Christopher Columbus and other explorers in history, I found myself thinking about what they would experience in their travels. I also thought about how they would discover new lands and to what point they would work toward inhabiting those areas. I also looked at the experience from the perspective of those that already inhabited the land. What I found myself thinking about was twofold. I thought what a great accomplishment this was for the individuals that were

Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean he was born in Italy thereafter, became a sailor in Portugal who had a passion for sailing. As he got older, he became a captain who desired to travel around the world with a map he come across with only continents parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia. There were plenty of European traders that wanted to sail west from the other side of the Ocean they thought they would find treasure valuable items spices, jewels and gold to trade. His plan was to

While Europeans gained from the development of the economy of North and South America, the time of trade also gave way to social changes to the people and life style of Native Americans and Africans. Before 1492, America was isolated from the Europe and Asia, as well as all the advances that came in those places. Asia controlled most trade because they had the most export, and therefore, had the most power. Europe at this time had an interest in spices and drug trade, which led to exploration to

The United States and Mexico share a land border that runs 1,989 miles, but the relationship between the two countries spreads well beyond the physical boundaries of land and water. In terms of legal and regulated trade, Mexico is the third largest trade partner for the United States, making up roughly 13% of all international commerce. However, Mexico would rank much higher in terms of U.S. trade partners if illegal drug trade were to be factored in. In the Department of Justice’s 2009 report, it

Following the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492 there was a rush to colonize and monopolize this new exciting land. The four most prominent nations that struggled for control of this unexplored terrain were the British, the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch. As history shows only one of these nations, the British, could both survive and thrive in the new world. Britain shared many similarities, as well as differences with these other nations in their religious, political

Europeans discovered the Americas or the new world unintendedly. ” Christopher Columbus did not intend to “discover” America when he went looking for Asia, his voyages convinced Europeans that there were still new territories to exploit and people to convert to Christianity” (Tignor, page 441). The discovery of the New World changed European world and the impacts have influenced not only their mental thinking but also their religion, economy, global competition, and politics. The discovery of the

Many people regard Christopher Columbus as a pioneer and the explorer who discovered America. What is frequently left out of this idea of the celebrated explorer is the means in which he claimed the land. By exploiting the trust of the Natives that he found roaming the land, Columbus gained food for his crew; knowledge about the resources, land, and language; and eventually enslaved these Natives for various reasons. Cristopher Columbus, born in 1450/51 in Genoa Italy, was an Italian explorer

“Following the light from the sun, we left the Old World.” Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. He completed four voyages across the Atlantic. As Christopher led an exploration of the new world, it opened the possibilities to Spain’s rise in global power, the spread of Christianity, and the start of the Columbian Exchange. Columbus voyaged place and obtained things like gold to boost Spain’s global power. Columbus had voyaged to please King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in the hope he would

The Clovis site is a Paleo-Indian site which was discovered in November of 1932 by a road crew. The site is named after the town Clovis, which is located on the eastern side of New Mexico by the border of Texas. The Paleo-Indian hunter gatherer group that once inhibited the area was also named after the town Clovis, and were given the title Clovis people. The Clovis people lasted approximately half a millennium and ended around 11 KYA. The Clovis people emerged around the time of the end

Spain Exploration and Colonization                                                                 Christopher Columbus was the first to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. He was born in Italy, 1451, but he sailed for Spain. Columbus was well educated, and soon became a well known young man. Like many sailors, he wanted to be the one to find the route to the Orient. On  the first his expeditions he sailed on the Nina, the Pinta and the St. Maria. On October 12, 1492, he sighted land after a threat