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Christopher Columbus
There was never
actually a portrait
of Columbus
made, all pictures
and images of
Columbus today
are just an
assumption of
what he may have
looked like.
It took 6 years of persistence to finally convince the Spanish royals to send Columbus on his extraordinary journey.Envisioning a
western route
to Asia,
Columbus
long persisted
to the king
and queen of
Spain to fund
his journey.
Asian Bound
C0lombus originally thought he had landed in the Indie’s, naming the natives he saw, “Indians”. When the Native Americans first spotted
Columbus and his men they truly thought that these were gods who came down from the heavens. Columbus and his men took full advantage of the Natives kindness, eventually enslaving them and forcing them to mine for gold.
Native Americans
Columbus’s routes
Columbus took a
total of 4 voyages
to America all in
hopes of still
finding Asia’s
main continent.
HEROColumbus was
originally dubbed a hero upon his return from his first voyage.
He Returned with gold and natives to show the Spaniard crown what he had discovered on his journey.
Upon his third voyage, people had grown tired of Columbus and his dictatorship ways.
He was arrested and sent back in shackles, only to be immediately released by the queen of Spain.
Columbus’s decline
VILLIAN
On this day Christopher Columbus died a lonely man with very few mourning his death. By his request he was buried with the shackles that he was held prisoner with on his third voyage.
To this day nobody is quite certain when, if at all, Columbus had realized he had discovered a new continent. If so, he never publically acknowledged it.
May 20, 1506
Vespucci begins his own explorationsVespucci did not
start sailing until his late 40’s. Originally a business man his interest piqued in exploration after meeting Columbus in person.
Vespucci made his first voyage in the late 90’s and although it is still being debated, there is some evidence that exists that Vespucci may have navigated his way to the mainland of America in 1497, a full year before Columbus.
Vespucci’s journey
Vespucci was the
first person to
demonstrate that
Brazil and the rest
of the continent
were not part of
Asia’s outskirts and
that in fact, was an
entire new
continent. It is
important to note
however, his
conclusions were
based largely on
Columbus’s earlier
observations.
Although the discovery of America was originally credited to Vespucci, upon further review from historians, credit was later given to Columbus.
It was Columbus’s original journeys that had opened the doors for other navigator’s such as Vespucci to explore the newly discovered continent of America.
Who discovered America?
Sean McDermott
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