Christianity and introducing smallpox and other new diseases for which they had no immunity. Between slavery, disease, overwork and famine, it is estimated that the Taino people were reduced from hundreds of thousands at the time of Columbus's arrival to just a few hundred some 60 years later...
摘要: Provides information relating to explorer Christopher Columbus and Christianity in the Americas. Columbus' estimation of the size of the Atlantic Ocean from reading his Bible; Observation of religious rites during Columbus' voyages; Landing on the American mainland on his third voyage....
When I was growing up, October 12 was known as Columbus Day, a time to celebrate the European “discovery” of the Americas by the Italian explorer and navigator, Cristobal Colon. I was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia (one of eleven cities so named throughout the US, the largest be...
When Queen Isabella (Rachel Ward) agrees to finance his expedition as a way of spreading Christianity, Columbus embarks with a mutinous crew, destined for a surprising discovery. Director John Glen Producer Ilya Salkind Rating PG-13 Genre Biography Original Language English Box Office (...
Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus (second from right) planning his expedition to the New World. In the letter that prefaces his journal of the first voyage, the admiral vividly evokes his own hopes and binds them all together with the conquest of the infidel, the victory of Christianity, ...