...Most people know the name of Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was a Portuguese sailor who sailed for Spain. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella (of Spain) sponsored his voyage. Some people think Columbus is an important hero because of his many discoveries. Especially, his discovery of the Americas in 1492. Others think he was a villain because he took advantage of people. Christopher Columbus is both a villain and a hero because he took credit for other people's discoveries, he killed many innocent people, and he brought knowledge back to Spain. Most people think that Christopher Columbus discovered America. But actually 500 years before he was even born Vikings discovered America. There crew of 35 vikings was led by Leif Erickson....
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...Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? Professors and poets gave their thought about Columbus through social, intellectual, and geographical influences. Columbus and his crew were cruel and greedy towards the Indians. Columbus enslaved many Indians and tried getting their gold. Columbus was responsible for over 50 million Indian deaths, which many people are not aware of. The Indians welcomed Columbus and his crew willingly to trade what they had for anything Columbus was willing to trade. Columbus started to gather information about a king in an island, which whom possessed large amounts of gold. Finding out this information and discovering gold was way more important to Columbus than building a relationship with the Native Americans....
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...Is Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain? Based on the documents I read, the info told me that Christopher Columbus was a hero. But I personally think that he was both. He did discover land, and traded with Indians but at the same time he did kill a lot of people, and he was not very kind to everyone. The documents that i read also showed that he was a villain and a hero, but in most of the documents it stated that he was more a hero than a villain. In document 1 the info tells me that Christopher Columbus was a hero. In his diary he was a hero because he was being nice to the native American. The native Americans came up to there boat in big canoes and brought balls of cotton, parrots, and javelins to trade with them. Most people would...
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...Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? I think that Columbus day should be renamed. By having a day named after Christopher Columbus, people think that that he is a great person and he discovered the country we live in today, but that is not true because Christopher Columbus is a selfish person and only explored for his own benefit. In my opinion Columbus is a villain and we should either rename the holiday or just demolish it all together. Columbus Day celebrates the landing of Columbus at the New World. The holiday first took place in 1792 for the 300th anniversary, but it became a federal holiday in 1937. People dress up in costumes and dance to Native American music all for a very selfish man. The first piece of proof that Christopher...
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...Christopher Columbus is often viewed as a hero for discovering the Americas. He is was the man who sailed 3 ships to the Americas. He thought that the Earth was round so there could be a faster trade route from Europe to China. He went to the monarchs of different kingdoms, and they denied him. It was the King and Queen of Spain who took him seriously and gave him a ship with resources. He is a villain because of how he treated the Native Americans and lied to his people. Even though there were many people who benefitted from his discovery, there was a significant amount of people who were hurt by, died because of, or were displaced from the discovery. The native Americans were those people who lost from his discovery. The Indians greeted...
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...Christopher Columbus is one of the most controversial figures in history. While his discovery was monumentally important in the development of America as we know it, it is my belief that Columbus himself was ultimately a villain. In the process of revolutionizing the Western World, Christopher Columbus established European control of the Americas through committing unjustifiable and unforgivable atrocities. Furthermore, he committed these atrocities not with noble intentions, but rather with selfish and avaricious motives. When determining whether Christopher Columbus was a hero or villain, it is important to know his intentions in discovering and conquering America. These intentions are revealed to us through our historical knowledge of Columbus’...
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...Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? Christopher Columbus was a villain because he took the lives of many natives, he was desperately in search of gold, and he believed in the subjugation of natives. When Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage, he was on a search to find a direct water route from Europe to Asia in 1492, but instead found the Americas. When he reached the shores, he was meet by the natives inhabiting the land at the time and offered to trade with them. Columbus soon came to the conclusion that there was gold on this large piece of land, and longed to find it. Columbus began searching and only ceased when one of his ships crashed in Hispaniola. Columbus abandoned his men on the island of Hispaniola, telling them...
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...Christopher Columbus, was he a hero or villain? For many years people have heard of this man and even have a certain day where we celebrate of his life and what he did. Schools teach students that Columbus was one of the greatest man who found America and found luxury, wealth, treasures, and new land. These children/ students did not grow up knowing the truth behind Columbus. How did he really accomplish his tasks? I think schools should actually share both sides of Christopher Columbus on what he really did to show some facts behind his discovery of America. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. When Columbus left Spain he had no intention in finding America or the New World. He was actually looking in search of India and Asia. He unintentionally...
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...Christopher Columbus: “Hero or Villain?” While many schoolbooks present Christopher Columbus as the famous Italian explorer who discovered America, history has painted a much more complicated picture. For a long time people are arguing was Christopher Columbus actually a hero or a villain? Was the man from Genoa a brave explorer or greedy invader? A gifted navigator or reckless adventurer? The man who laid the foundation for that most glittering daughter of the Western heritage: America is definitely a hero. Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest sailors and explorers of all time; in present time and in the past he represents a hero for the people. “He had made great proficiency in geography, astronomy and drawing, as they were necessary...
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...Is Christopher Columbus A Hero Or A Villain? Christopher Columbus is a hero and a villain. Christopher Columbus is a hero because without him discovering the Dominican Republic he wouldn't have open the gateway for exploration into the new world. The gateway for exploration in the new world was great because it brought over many things that weren't native to this land. For example Cattle, Horses, Rats, Sugar, Wheat, and etc. This gateway was called the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange didn't just bring animals and food it also brought diseases such as smallpox, Influenza, Measles. These diseases almost wiped out the Native American population, but there was another reason their population diminished but we'll get into that later. Even though I don't want to admit it without Christopher Columbus the Triangular Trade might have never happened and that would've meant slaves wouldn't have been taking from Africa and brought to the United States and that means African American people...
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...a holiday dedicated to one man: Christopher Columbus, a man perceived as a valiant hero credited for discovering America in 1492. Generations of Americans have passed down the belief that Columbus was an amazing explorer, but tend to overlook the horrific deeds that Columbus committed. Despite his monumental accomplishments, Columbus was a historical figure closer to Hitler than to Martin Luther King on the morality spectrum. Due to his use of slavery, treatment of Native American slaves, and the tricks he used to deceive others, Columbus was not a hero but rather a villain. To begin with, Christopher Columbus should be vilified for converting Native Americans...
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...“A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.” Rick Warren. Christopher Columbus was an Italian born explorer who sailed from Spain with the approvement and doubts of king Ferdinand and queen Isabella in the late 1400’s in an attempt to find a water route to Asia. While his quest to find that route was unsuccessful, he did introduce Europe to a new world which was largely unknown to them prior to his voyage, and set in motion a cultural exchange that has drastically changed the future of the majority of the world. The question that is being asked Is; is Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain? A hero is someone who sacrifices for others, is admired for courageous or small acts that are relatively selfless. A Villain is an intentionally bad person, who harms others or breaks the laws, for their own benefit. When you look at the evidence, Columbus was a person who harmed others intentionally for his own benefit....
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...Columbus: Hero or Villain As children we learned that Christopher Columbus was a hero, the discoverer of America. Was he? Perhaps he found a land that had not yet been discovered by Europeans, and bought about trades we know of today, but is that enough to be deemed a hero? He has been acknowledged as the man who discovered the world was round, yet “the Greeks knew, five hundred years before Christ, that the world is a sphere”. (Koning 29) So why was he continually credited for discoveries others made before him? To learn about the real Columbus we must look at all accounts regarding his travels, his contributions and most importantly his downfalls. Many people believed Christopher Columbus to have had good intentions, yet in fact, he was deceitful, murderous, and an enslaver of the people inhabiting the so called New World. Christopher Columbus was born Cristoforo Colombo to a merchant and his wife in Genoa. He was a seaman and a chart maker, but he enjoyed being at sea the most. He married and had a son. When his first wife died, he had another son with a mistress. He was looking for funding to set sail on the Atlantic. The year was 1492 when Columbus was finally ready to sail in search of new lands. He had tried several times to get funding for his voyages and it wasn’t until early in 1492 that he received all that he wanted and needed to prepare for his voyage. Despite the uncertainty they felt regarding Columbus achieving his goal of traveling west and finding new...
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...even now, we were always taught that Christopher Columbus was America's hero. Many people believe that, but maybe it's time to step back and look at the facts. I believe that Christopher Columbus is a villain not a hero. I'm gonna give you my insight on why I don't believe Christopher Columbus was a hero to America. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer discovering new land for the king and queen of spain. He got money from them to sail and find the water route from Asia to Europe. He accidently landed in America thinking it was a different country. He and they Indians were friendly with each other and so on so forth took America and claimed it to be his. “Half a millennium before Columbus “discovered” America, those Viking feet may have been the first European ones to ever have touched North American soil.” (http://www.history.com/). Before...
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...Thesis: Christopher Columbus enslaved Indians for gold and labor, and brought them to Spain to sell and created a mass genocide, killing thousands of Indians. Christopher Columbus was made out to be a hero by some. He was an excellent sailor, found gold in new lands, and had a superb faith in god. But was he really such a good guy? Christopher Columbus was not always a truthful person. A sailor by the name of Rodrigo saw the moon shining on white sand, an island in the Bahamas. The first man to see land was to get a yearly pension of 10,000 maravedis for life, but Rodrigo did not get this. Christopher claims he saw land the evening before, and claimed the reward. He also took the Indians as slaves, and in his report to the Majesties claimed...
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