When Christopher Columbus" discovered" the New World in 1492, he thought he had reached the continent of Asia and had landed in India. He called the people he found in this new land "Indians" -the ancestors of the American. Indians had come from Asia thousands of years before Columbus saw...
He set sail with three ships: the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Niña. After weeks of sailing, Columbus and his crew spotted land on October 12, 1492. However, he mistakenly believed that he had reached the Indies and referred to the people he encountered as "Indians." Columbus made...
Columbus thought that he had reached the Indies. Christopher Columbus and his men explored the island and Columbus started to call the native people who lived there "Taino", but soon called them Indiands because he thought he was in the Indies. On March 1493, Columbus and his men arrived ...
He had a dream of finding a faster way to get to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. At that time, people believed the world was flat and that if you sailed too far west, you would fall off the edge of the earth. But Columbus was like, "Nah, I'm gonna prove them ...
Nobody believed his words and he was regarded as a cheat. Of course, he didn’t succeed. It was not until 1492 that his dream came true. The queen of Spain persuaded the King to support Columbus. On August 2, 1492, Columbus left Spain and began his voyage. He had three ships. ...
Since Columbus thought they had reached India, they expected to see people that were Indians. Even when they found out that they were not in Asia, they were happy to have found a new place that they could trade with. Columbus named the area where they landed "San Salvador", and claimed...
Nobody believed his words and h e was regarded as a cheat. Of cours e he didn't succe e d.It was not until 1492 that his dream cam e tru e. Th e queen of Spain persuaded th e King to support Columbus. On August 2, 1492, Columbus left Spain and began his voyag e. H e ...
Columbus then built a new settlement called Isabella (after the queen), then left it in the charge of his brother Diego and went exploring. He was puzzled that his maps of the east did not match with what he had seen. When he reached modern-day Cuba he believed that this was the ...
The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to ...
1 ChristopherColumbus:Thisdocumentisfromthejournal ofColumbusinhisvoyageof1492.Columbusbelievedthatbysailingwest hecouldreachAsiamorequicklythansailingaroundAfricaandeasttothe IndianOcean.WiththebackingofKingFerdinandandQueenIsabellaof Spain,Columbusmadehishistorictripwest.Throughoutthetriphewas convincedhehadreached...