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When did Christopher Columbus find the UK?
There was no UK when Columbus lived. There were the independent kingdoms of England and Scotland, with Wales by then subject to England and Ireland in the process of subjugation. The Columbus and the rest of Europe already knew that England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales existed so neither he nor anyone else needed to find them.
What has the author Benjamin Franklin Cooley written?
Benjamin Franklin Bowen has written: 'America discovered by the Welsh in 1170 A. D' -- subject(s): Welsh, Discovery and exploration 'America discovered by the Welsh in 1170 A.D' -- subject(s): Welsh, Discovery and exploration, History
When did christopher columbus go to america?
He didn't want to "find America". In fact, he had no idea that it existed and how big the world really was. His maps were wrong, so he went west to go East. He never knew about North America and didn't realize how wrong he was in his calculations. The rest of Spain had no idea about Columbus and his fame came about years after his death. In fact, in his life he was considered a failure and died broke. His son sued the crown to fulfill the contract he made with him.Columbus is credited with making the European discovery of America in 1492, although others had reached the American continents before him. It was his voyages that initiated the process of European conquest and colonization of the Americas that radically changed those continents and eventually the world.1492Christopher Columbus and crew discovered America the 14th of October of 1492. Although he didn't know back then that he had reached a completely new continent, he believed he had arrived to the coast of India.Columbus landed on an island he named San Salvador, which now is a part of the Bahamas in 1492.In order to clarify the the question about "who discovered the US?" it's important to note that the United States had its beginnings in 1776, with the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.1492
Does Christopher Columbus' log provide us with any useful information about the native societies of the New World?
[The following is a good example of why one must be very careful about what to believe on the internet. This reply sounds very factual but in fact Columbus' diary is NOT a primary source, and anyone who has read it would know that. "Wiki Answers", indeed.]To begin, Christopher Columbus' diary was what we historians call a Primary Source. That means that we can read exactly what Columbus wrote without any commentary or historian's viewpoints. With that being said, the most valuable information we can glean from Columbus' diary is his viewpoints about the new world. Primary Sources are oftentimes the most useful in gaining access to the author's culture and that authors cultural viewpoint on a particular subject. I myself have not read the diary of Columbus in the New World, but many primary source documents regarding the New World are very similar; they all present the society (ies) in question with a European perspective, oftentimes comparing negatively Native American Societies to their own. This is problematic because when Euros compare a society to their own, the Native Society is often presented as savage, the women as oversexualized and enslaved, unchristian; and thus this viewpoint becomes a way for an excuse to easily conquer a people or peoples.
Who discovered that the world is round?
Leave it to the clever Greek investigator Eratosthenes to bring it all together with a calculation (and a remarkably accurate one!) about the diameter of the earth, and also the inclination of its axis of rotation to its orbital plane about the sun. Amazing! And later in Medieval Europe, the earth was thought to be flat. What happened? You'll want to check facts and read more on the geodesy ("roundness") of the earth, and a link is provided to the Wikipedia article on exactly that subject.
What has the author Bennie Rhodes written?
Bennie Rhodes has written: 'Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, Explorers, Juvenile literature
What has the author Carole S Gallagher written?
Carole S. Gallagher has written: 'Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Explorers, Discovery and exploration, Biography, Spanish
What has the author John Boyd Thacher written?
John Boyd Thacher has written: 'Charlecote' -- subject(s): In literature 'Christopher Columbus: his life, his works, his remains' -- subject(s): Bibliography 'Collection on the history of the French Revolution' -- subject(s): History 'The Cabotian discovery' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, English 'Charlecote, or, The trial of William Shakespeare' -- subject(s): Drama
What has the author Joachim Heinrich Campe written?
Joachim Heinrich Campe has written: 'Wo rterbuch der Deutschen Sprache' 'Columbus, or the discovery of America' 'Briefe aus Paris' -- subject(s): Sources, History 'The discovery of America, for the use of children and young persons'
What has the author Barry Smith written?
Barry Smith has written: 'A child's guide to bad behaviour' 'The first voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1492' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, Explorers, Juvenile literature, Spanish, Travel
What has the author V Ariaratnam written?
V. Ariaratnam has written: 'Christopher Columbus' -- subject(s): Drama
What has the author Hjalmar Rued Holand written?
Hjalmar Rued Holand has written: 'History of Door County, Wisconsin' -- subject(s): History 'Old peninsula days' 'A pre-Columbian crusade to America' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, Kensington Rune Stone, Norse 'The Kensington stone' -- subject(s): Kensington Rune Stone 'Coon Prairie' -- subject(s): Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Coon Prairie 'Explorations in America before Columbus' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, Norse, Pre-Columbian
What has the author Susanna Keller written?
Susanna Keller has written: 'Meet the giraffe' 'The true story of Lewis and Clark' -- subject(s): Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), Description and travel, Juvenile literature, Explorers, Biography, Discovery and exploration 'The true story of Christopher Columbus' -- subject(s): Travel, Discovery and exploration, Juvenile literature, Spanish 'Meet the elephant' 'Meet the sea lion'
What has the author Thomas Peter Christensen written?
Thomas Peter Christensen has written: 'Dansk Amerikansk historie' -- subject(s): Danes 'The discovery and re-discovery of America' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration
What has the author Christopher Kim written?
Christopher Kim has written: 'Annotated bibliography on Koreans in America' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Korean Americans
What has the author Seraphim G Canoutas written?
Seraphim G. Canoutas has written: 'Christopher Columbus, a Greek nobleman' -- subject(s): Birthplace
What has the author Gardner Soule written?
Gardner Soule has written: 'Mystery monsters of the deep' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Marine animals, Miscellanea, Sea monsters 'Christopher Columbus' -- subject(s): Biography, Discovery and exploration, Explorers, Juvenile literature, Spanish 'Remarkable creatures of the seas' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Marine animals 'Tomorrow's world of science' -- subject(s): Science, Technology 'The maybe monsters' -- subject(s): Animals, Folklore, Monsters, Mythical Animals 'Christopher Columbus on the Green Sea of Darkness' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, Juvenile literature, Explorers, Biography, Spanish 'Under the sea' -- subject(s): Oceanography 'Antarctica' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature 'The ocean adventure' -- subject(s): Underwater exploration, Oceanography, Research 'New discoveries in oceanography' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Oceanography 'Men who dared the sea' -- subject(s): History, Navigation, Oceanography 'Tomorrow's world of science' -- subject(s): Science, Technology 'Surprising facts about our world and beyond' -- subject(s): Science
