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- Dave Roos
- Columbus Set Out to Prove the World Was Round. Contrary to what Irving wrote in his biography, Columbus was not a solitary geographical genius surrounded by a bunch of flat-Earthers.
- Columbus Was Italian. This is a touchy subject, since Italian-Americans are some of Columbus's greatest supporters and defenders. But if we're going to be historically accurate, Columbus couldn't have been Italian, because Italy wasn't a thing until 1861.
- Columbus Discovered America. Ask any random first-grader, "Who discovered America?" and they'll proudly tell you it was Christopher Columbus. Heck, ask most 50-year-olds and they'll give the same answer.
- Columbus's Ships Were the Niña, Pinta and the Santa Maria. Well, this one is only half false. Columbus and his crew may have called the three ships the Niña, Pinta and the Santa Maria, but those were probably just nicknames.
In this learning resource, you will explore the Myth of Columbus and draw your own conclusions based on the facts and evidence you will research and analyze. Engage: What is your historical memory of Columbus?
Dec 2, 2014 · By the time Andrew White wrote his A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896) (online here ), Columbus’s struggles to overcome a medieval Church that believed in a flat earth had become historical fact. Historical truth had surrendered to truthiness.
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- Early Life & The Silk Road Closure
- The Age of Discovery & Funding
- The Voyages
- Conclusion
Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451 CE which was then in the region of Liguria and only much later (in 1861 CE) would become part of Italy. He had three brothers – Bartolomeo, Giovanni, and Giacomo (regularly referred to as Diego), and a sister, Bianchinetta. His father, Domenico, was a weaver and tavern-keeper whose love of sea travel would signifi...
This is not to say that Europeans had no knowledge of sea travel at this time nor that European merchants suddenly scrambled to build ships or hastily draw inaccurate maps. The magnetic compass was known in Europe by 1180 CE and, using ancient texts such as Strabo's Geography and Pliny the Elder's Natural Historyas well as long-established maps, Eu...
Columbus left port on 3 August 1492 CE in his famous ships the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. His main objective was reaching Cathay, but it was also made clear that he was to claim any lands not already under a sovereign nation for Spain and to the honor of the Catholic Church. To this end, he was given two official documents: 1. A contract between...
Modern-day evaluations of historical figures and events are frequently guilty of the fallacy of presentism – judging the past by the standards and ideologies of the present – and the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus stand as one of the best, if not the best, examples of this. Prior to the publication in 1828 CE of A History of the Life and ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Oct 2, 2018 · This myth that Columbus set out to disprove the theory of Earth’s flatness began in the work of America’s great mythmaker, Washington Irving, perhaps best known for his iconic fiction stories, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.”.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Washington Irving. Wordsworth Editions, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 692 pages. Modern views of Columbus are overshadowed by guilt about...
Oct 10, 2014 · A time before “everyone” knew the story of Christopher Columbus, and the role of Washington Irving’s massive biography in creating the heroic Columbus myth.
