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Christopher Columbus: everyone in our country knows who he is, his journey, and his discovery way back in 1942. Every year elementary school students perform skits, learn songs, or draw maps about his journeys and the man himself. ... The purpose of my paper is to prove that Christopher Columbus was not as great of man as portrayed by the United States of America. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 as a son of a wool merchant and a weaver. ... Later in life, he opened a map shop (Christopher Columbus). In his map shop, Columbus read a book written by Marco Polo that inspired him to look for the Indies by heading west instead of east as was the norm in his time. Another source of inspiration for his westward journey was the promise of riches that the Indies held (Christopher Columbus). ... Columbus’ voyage to the Indies started out as any normal ocean trip would, but after a long time without seeing land, the crew began growing unruly. They believed sea monsters to be in the water and took other events to be bad omens and signs that they should return to Spain (Christopher Columbus). However, Columbus persevered and after seventy-one days at sea they reached land. When Columbus and crew reached the island of San Salvador, but which they thought was part of the Indies, he claimed the land for Spain. |
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