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Essay on Columbus
Christopher Columbus is the most well known explorer by most school age children. When children are young, teachers tell them that Columbus was a very good person, a hero even. To be politically correct though, Christopher Columbus brought death and destruction with him to the Americas. He stole , killed, and tortured the natives. Christopher Columbus was not a true explorer, but he was a conqueror of people. When Christopher Columbus set out on his voyage(August 3rd, 1492) to find a new route to the Indies there was no way that he could know that it would turn out the way it did. When he landed at the Caribbean Islands, the people there were scared, but still friendly toward him.
I believe that Christopher Columbus was a conqueror of people. There is an old saying that says, ”Might makes right”, and the explorers back then, would go sailing around with this idea in their heads, that as soon as they came to a land that they had never seen before, they could just put up their flag and claim it. This is not exploring, and this is exactly what Christopher Columbus is recognized every October 11th for. Columbus was not a true explorer, but he was a conqueror or people.
olumbus purpose was to trade with the inhabitants he came in contact with. He went in, took complete control, conquered the island, took what slaves and gold he could, destroyed and killed all inhabitants. He had to motive for this. It was not his purpose, and destroying a nation had no benefit. A purpose of establishing colonies was to spread Catholicism. Columbus failed to achieve the purpose of each of the four voyages. Although there were several benefits, most factors of the trips were failures. Spain initially wanted to find a Western sea trade route to the Spice Islands of China and Japan....
