Essays on Christopher Columbus

“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...

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...

The story of Christopher Columbus is one of great controversy and mystery, as historical accounts and myths are often used interchangeably by individuals without consciously knowing so. Children’s biographies function as a prime example of the confused custom of myth, misconception, and legend surrounding Columbus;...

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages a cross the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus had embarked with intent to find and develop a westward route to the...

How would you like it if someone simply came to your home and enslaved you. On October 12, 1492 Columbus saw land, and said “I claimed the island for Spain” he thought he was at the East Indies but he was at a small island...

In the past, European countries came to the Americas looking to build their empire and gain power. They were competing to be the most powerful country and improve their economic lives. In the drive to be the most powerful European country, they started colonizing the...

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...