The Voyage Out

After vigorous research on the significance of Christopher Columbus, the purpose of this paper is to inform the reader on the major contributions and the life of the Italian explorer. His voyages were essential for European expansion. Columbus’s persistence and desire to find new routes and land must be valued and appreciated. Another purpose for this paper is to show that I am fully knowledgeable on my topic and to show that I can present what I learned logically and accurately. This research paper

discovering the “New World”. Columbus set out on a voyage on Aug 3rd, 1492 from Palos, Spain with three small ships including the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. Technology had quite a big impact on Columbus’ voyage. If Columbus had the technology that sailors have today then he would know where he was going. The technology in Columbus’ time was trivial compared to the technology sailors have today. One item of technology that Columbus had on his voyage with three ships including the Pinta, the

said about Cabot is that he discovered present day Canada, causing England power to rise in the 16th and 17th centuries. John Cabot had many impacts on this world and the history such as helping to map the world out and to create land for England in the Newland. Even though his multiple voyages were helpful he did not accomplish what he wanted to do since he did not reach Asia. Furthermore, He gained land for his country since the eastern coast of Canada was still not developed by Native

These treasure ships or bao chuan were built in the docks of Nanjing and the first voyage consisted of 317 ships that were up to 400 hundred feet long (Levathes 21). The sheer size of the bao chuan can be compared to the ships of Columbus and de Gama nearly a century later and a quarter of the size (Levathes 22). Zheng He and his treasure

Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de Las Casas describe their opinions, attitudes, and actions toward the indigenous groups they both encountered while on their many voyages. Although their views were vastly incompatible, one could conclude both gentlemen had favorable intentions prior to their encounters with the Indians. Columbus’s voyages were interpreted as being successful, but also a cause of great destruction. Columbus’s intentions prior to landing on Hispaniola were to accumulate riches for his

influence history, however, there are few who have a major role on the establishment of certain countries. Christopher Columbus is one who changed the perception of the American continents for the European countries. Through his four significant voyages he not only discovered new landmasses, but he also initiated Spanish colonization and he had a major role on the establishment of new societies. However, his work was not easy to accomplish. Christopher Columbus faced a lot of struggle to get the

the daily account of what he had witnessed on his voyage. The following extract from the documents he had made he described his impressions of the Native Americans and how he acted towards them. Columbus had to convince the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage for gold and spices. The first land sighted on Columbus voyage was san Salvador. The second landfall sighted was Cuba. The third land sighted was Hispaniola. When Columbus voyage first met the Native Americans he first thought of

This voyage departed from Cadiz with a fleet of Spanish ships. The letter states that the ships made their way through the West Indies and got to the province of Central America within about five weeks. This would mean that Amerigo came across Venezuela a year before Christopher Columbus did. Amerigo and his fleets arrived back in Cadiz in October 1498. Then, in May of 1499, Amerigo set off on his second Voyage. Sailing under the spanish flag, Vespucci worked

explore and see if this new route would actually work. Columbus went to several monarchs in search of someone who would be willing to finance this voyage, but since his claims were so great, he was rejected many times. Finally, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain signed the Capitulations, a contract between them and Columbus to sponsor his voyage in April of 1492. In this agreement, it states that if Columbus discovers any new land, he would get the title of Admiral and he could become the

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