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May 4, 2023 · In 1492, Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus – sailing for Spain – became the first European to reach the Americas since the Vikings 500 years earlier. It is one of the most significant events in world history.
- Introduction
- Journal of The First Voyage to America, 1492-1493
- Journal of The Third Voyage to America, 1498-1500
Discussion Questions:
1. What are some of the first words that Columbus used to describe the “Indians?” 2. How does Columbus’ journal differ from how his voyages are discussed in historical discourse?
Works Cited
Olson, Julius E., and Edward G. Bourne, eds. “Summary and Background of Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus.” Introduction. Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. American Journeys. Web. 14 Sept. 2015. Phirosiberia. The Routes of the Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. N.p., 28 Dec. 2009. Web. Wikipedia contributors. “Christopher Columbus.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 12 Sep. 2015. Web....
IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Whereas, Most Christian, High, Excellent, and Powerful Princes, King and Queen of Spain and of the Islands of the Sea, our Sovereigns, this present year 1492, after your Highnesses had terminated the war with the Moors reigning in Europe, the same having been brought to an end in the great city of Granada, where...
I have always read that the world comprising the land and the water was spherical, and the recorded experiences of Ptolemy and all others have proved this by the eclipses of the moon and other observations made from East to West, as well as the elevation of the Pole from North to South. But as I have already described, I have now seen so much irreg...
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Oct 2, 2023 · America's love affair with Christopher Columbus has been a rocky one. ... In the 1700s you had to have a different way of thinking about America. Some of these books even show pictures of Columbus ...
- Brian Handwerk
The Commission had recourse to the most distinguished scholars in the fields of history and geography and could, therefore, publish a monumental collection of documents and studies on Columbus, which is still today the fundamental basis for the studies on Columbus.
Oct 10, 2007 · Born at Genoa, or on Genoese territory, probably 1451; died at Valladolid, Spain, 20 May 1506. His family was respectable, but of limited means, so that the early education of Columbus was defective. Up to his arrival in Spain (1485) only one date has been preserved. His son Fernando, quoting from his father’s writings says that in February ...
Aug 25, 2021 · By 1777, a year after the settlers of the 13 British North American colonies declared independence, the poet Philip Freneau named what would become the United States of America “Columbia, America as sometimes so called from Columbus, the first discoverer.”
On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. After 36 days of sailing, Columbus and several crewmen set foot on an island in the present-day Bahamas on October 12 and claimed it for Spain.
