The Voyages of Christopher Columbus: European Contact with the New World and the Age of Exploration
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In A.D. 1000, Viking Norsemen commanded by Leif Eriksson (fl. eleventh century) landed on t...
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Christopher Columbus
1451-1506
Italian Explorer
If there is any explorer who, in the eyes of most Americans, seems to need no introduction, it is Christopher Columbus. Yet few figures in history have ...
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Columbus, Christopher
1451
Genoa, Italy
May 20, 1506
Valladolid, Spain
Italian explorer
Portrait: Christopher Columbus. Reproduced by permission of Corbis-Bettmann.
"Thirty-three days af...
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"Christopher Columbus Reports to Ferdinand and Isabella" by Christopher Columbus
"Christopher Columbus Reports to Ferdinand and Isabella"
Reprinted in Major Problems of Ame...
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Christopher Columbus
Born 1451, Genoa, Italy Died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain
The life of Christopher Columbus is one of contrasts—great triumphs marked by even greater defeats. Despite Co...
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The Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was the discoverer of America. Though he had set out to find a westward route to Asia, his explorations proved to be as important as any alternat...
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The Western world would be shaken from its foundation after the voyage of Columbus. An exchange of ideas, diseases, cultures, and religions would commence soon thereafter. What would occur after was o...
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Society today recognizes the name Christopher Columbus as the man who changed the views, lifestyles, politics, and geography of the fifteenth century. Columbus discovered a world known to no man; he d...
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Christopher Columbus is the best explorer ever to step foot on the ground of U.S. soil. I don't believe that he was a traitor to us because if it wasn't for him we would not be here today. I thank C...
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I strongly believe that Columbus Day should no longer be celebrated in our school system. Columbus Day teaches young kids of the greatness of Christopher Columbus, without sharing with them the detai...
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Although Christopher Columbus may have brought America to the attention of the civilized world, he did not discover it. Most people believe ...
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Throughout history, the efforts external forces brought into a land native to another created problems and havoc. These external forces brought in their new ways and ideas to create or establish some ...
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus unintentionally discovered America, when he landed in the Caribbean Islands, while looking for a direct sea route to Asia. Despite the fact that Columbus believed he had ...
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We humans tend to have very strategic communication skills, we can emphasize what we want our audience to focus on and de-emphasize what we want them to forget. For example, I was telling a friend of...
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During my formative years in kindergarten and elementary school I remember the nursery book rhyme taught to all of us children. "In fourteen-hundred and ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue." W...
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Ed Qiao
Christopher Columbus and his goalsCertainly, Columbus was a devout Catholic. He lived during the period of the great Spanish Inquisition, which led to the defeat of the Jews and Muslims. Perh...
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Christopher Columbus, hero or villain"
The question asked by many people is whether or not Columbus deserves his own holiday. He is the only man in our nation and history with his own holiday celebr...
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"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." That almost sums up what American's are taught about Christopher Columbus. He is known in The United States as a hero, the Spanish explorer who "discovered" ...
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Christopher Columbus is the most well known explorer by most school age children. When children are young, teachers tell them that Columbus was a very good person, a hero even. To be politically corre...
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Christopher Columbus was a noble man, one with unparalleled intentions. His overwhelming courage and unprecedented curiosity sparked the huge movement of exploration and colonization that followed. He...
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Yes, Columbus discovered America, but do you know how many deaths and how much destruction it cost? Columbus went to explore the ocean and he found a new continent, North America. He wa...
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How Should Columbus be Remembered ?
In 1492 Christopher Columbus and his three ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina, set sail from the port of Palos on the Gulf of Cadiz in hopes of find...
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Christopher Columbus
In 1492, Christopher Columbus began a historic voyage to the New World. Columbus discovered a new continent and proved his theory that the earth was not flat. His discovery ...
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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus: European Contact with the New World and the Age of Exploration
Columbus, Christopher
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
