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What describes Christopher Columbus is first letter from the Americas?
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∙ 8y ago
First, he didn't "discover America". In his diary he writes " In order that they (the Tainos) might feel amity towards us, because I knew they were people to be delivered and converted to our holy faith rather by love than by force. I gave to some among them some red caps and some glass beads, which they hung round their necks, and many other things of little value..........they should be good servants and of quick intelligence, since I see that they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it appeared to me that they had no creed. Out Lord willing, at the time of my departure I will bring back six of them to Your Highness's that they may learn to talk."
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∙ 14y ago
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How many letter did Christopher Columbus write?
hello
What did Columbus intend to do with the natives he describes in this letter?
Convert them to Christianity
What are some adjectives that describe Christopher Columbus and begin with the letter H?
historic
How many days was Christopher Columbus at sea?
he was at sea for his first voyage for about 2 years
Why did christopher Columbus name America America?
Christopher Columbus named America after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian map maker who showed Columbus that the lands discovered by him (Christopher Columbus) were actually separate lands, not an extension of the Spice Islands and part of Asia as Columbus believed. Christopher Columbus did not name America after Amerigo Vespucci. That was done by a German cartographer/mapmaker named Martin Waldseemüller in 1507. Waldseemüller was mislead by a book apparently written by Matthias Ringmann, which was based on a letter said to have been written by Vespucci, but which has proved to be a fake. Waldseemüller later produced other maps without the name America on them, but in 1538 Gerardus Mercator applied the name to the entire New World in his maps, and this was accepted, even though Spain did not recognize the name for over 200 years, stating that Columbus should get the credit.
How many letter did Christopher Columbus write?
hello
What did Columbus intend to do with the natives he describes in this letter?
Convert them to Christianity
What presidents have the letter c as the first letter of their first or last name?
Christopher Columbus has both
What was the name of the island that christopher Columbus discover that begins with the letter h?
Hispaniola
What are some adjectives that describe Christopher Columbus and begin with the letter H?
historic
How many days was Christopher Columbus at sea?
he was at sea for his first voyage for about 2 years
Why did christopher Columbus name America America?
Christopher Columbus named America after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian map maker who showed Columbus that the lands discovered by him (Christopher Columbus) were actually separate lands, not an extension of the Spice Islands and part of Asia as Columbus believed. Christopher Columbus did not name America after Amerigo Vespucci. That was done by a German cartographer/mapmaker named Martin Waldseemüller in 1507. Waldseemüller was mislead by a book apparently written by Matthias Ringmann, which was based on a letter said to have been written by Vespucci, but which has proved to be a fake. Waldseemüller later produced other maps without the name America on them, but in 1538 Gerardus Mercator applied the name to the entire New World in his maps, and this was accepted, even though Spain did not recognize the name for over 200 years, stating that Columbus should get the credit.
How old was John Cabot when started his journey?
If you are talking about his first voyage contained in a letter from John Day to Christopher Columbus. The letter, written in the winter of 1497/8, mostly concerns the 1497 voyage. and he was about 47 years old.LOL
What 7 letter word that describes a store?
A seven letter word that describes a store is a what. Any ideas.
Where is considered the new world?
The Americas - North, South and Central. In 1493, Columbus returned, and on 1 November Peter Martyr referred to Columbus in a letter as the discoverer of "the New World" (novi orbis). In 1516, Martyr published a work whose title began De orbe novo("On the New World"). Actually, this is interesting because Columbus himself had no idea that he'd discovered anything new. To the end of his life he thought he'd been in Asia.
What are one of Columbus's ships that has a five letter name?
Pinta
What describes flowers with letter you?
unspoiled, untouched
