Essays on Christopher Columbus

Columbus, the Pinzon brothers and their crew were not the first to reach the Americas but they were the first to jot down their achievements. Columbus after persuading the Spanish government into sponsoring him and his goals to find a western route to the east...

Around the turn of the 15th century, Europe was in search of a direct water route to Asia. Christopher Columbus and his crew consisting of ninety men, set sail on the three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María, in search of this...

“In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue”, yes most of us have heard that children’s rhyme but what not everyone has heard of is the impact it had between two very different cultures. When one culture has been thriving for a while...