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    written as a poem. It was written in 1948. The poem was about when Christopher Columbus went traveling to different islands through the day and night and he met lots of kind people in an island. He had to bring treasure for his people too. The purpose was to prove people that he was a very good, brave, and a bright man for traveling and finding treasure for his people. The point of view in this poem or document is that Christopher was a brave and a kind man. This point of view is different from the

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    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator, and survivalist who was born and raised in Italy as the eldest son to Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. Columbus went on many explorations, but his most famous was his exploration to the new world. For this exploration Columbus managed to convince the Spanish monarchs, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella, to hire an Italian explorer to work for the Spanish government. There are many advantages and disadvantages to hiring an explorer from

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    Christopher Columbus,a historical explorer, made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. Christopher Columbus was born in the year 1451 in the Republic of Genoa. However, in his 20s, he decided to move to Lisbon, Portugal. Christopher Columbus wanted to explore westward to seek new and different goods. He also believed that by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean was the shortest water route to Asia. Christopher Columbus had magnificent navigation and survival skills. He was also very

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    the saying the saying, “Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.” Christopher Columbus is the man who discovered the Americas on accident. It was never Columbus’ intention to find the Americas; his focus was to find a water route from Europe to Asia. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. As a teenager, Columbus would work on a merchant ship. One day, while working on the ship, the ship is attacked. The ship sinks, but Columbus survives. Columbus is going to find safety

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    Have you ever wondered why America has had an annual holiday known as Columbus Day ever since the early 1900s? While enjoying the day off has the question of why an Italian explorer has a day dedicated to him in America ever occurred to you? Probably not, but every American with at least an elementary education has the general knowledge that Christopher Columbus is the hero credited with discovering America. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to even say that he is a national icon. In actuality, he’s

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    In 1492, Christopher Columbus started his voyage seeking a new trade route to the East Indies, and he would soon commit of the largest failures in American history. Consequently, Columbus’s failure has credited him as one of the most successful explorers in history. Without realizing, Columbus had discovered a new country which was later named the New World. Christopher Columbus was chosen to seek out for a new trade routes by the Spanish monarchy, despite him being Italian. It seems unreasonable

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    has spread throughout the world is that Christopher Columbus discovered America. That statement is more than 100% false. Christopher Columbus never set a foot in North America. He landed in the Caribbean islands and and explored the Central and South American coasts. He didn’t reach North America, which was already discovered by the Native Americans. People have had this concept in their mind that there were no people in America before Christopher Columbus made his trip to America. This misconception

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    Columbus left his father’s business to join a sailing expedition which ended in a shipwreck near Portugal. He decided to stay in Portugal with his brother and started a family. After his wife died, he was interested in helping his country find a faster way to Asia without paying the Muslim Empire taxes. Since Columbus had read and heard that Asia could be reached by sailing west, he wanted to attempt this expedition

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    Technology’s Impact on the Voyage of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor, voyaged the Atlantic ocean and discovered for himself the “New World” in 1492. The three ships Columbus sailed on are named the Pinta, the Santa Maria, and the Nina. Although Christopher Columbus is Italian, he carried out his work for Spaniards. Columbus used many forms of navigation including the system of dead reckoning, a magnetic compass, a nocturnal, and a sand glass. However, much of the technology

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    the way it is lead, lived in, and organized as well as how we think and the endless possibilities that go along with that. With this being said I believe that Christopher Columbus was the most influential figure in world history (or at least in the time which we studied) due to effects on culture, geography, and world view. Christopher Columbus is perhaps the most well known explorer of all time, for his discovery of The Americas, which he referred to as “the Indies.” This discovery was not deliberate

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