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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator who sailed through the Atlantic Ocean and reached the American continent in 1492. He was not the first explorer to reach America but he established permanent contact between the Americans and the Europeans.
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What did Christopher Columbus name the first land of the new world spotted?
October 12, 1492
We have spotted land! I have named it San Salvador. I believe that Japan is only a short distance to the west. [Editor's note: Columbus landed in the Bahamas south of Florida. He believed that he was on islands off the coast of Japan.]
There are strange looking people here, very different from my men and me. They wear little clothing and are of a different color. Our giant ships with enormous white sails amaze them. These Indians are not what I expected, and there are no cities of gold like Marco Polo described. [Editor's note: Columbus had actually met members of the Taino tribe, but he believed he was in the Indies. This is why he called them Indians.]
I spotted several of them wearing GOLD! They tell me that islands to the north and south are where the gold will be found, so I ordered my men to set sail for the gold!
What year was it when Columbus landed on America?
nah nah nah nah nah.
Just Kidding. answer:1472 i think
anonymous
Did Christopher Colmbus realize his dream?
Giovanni Griego, alias Christopher Columbus
1485 Giovanni Griego of the family of Colombo Junior is a free lance pirate employed by the king of Portugal. On August 22, he takes part in a piratical attack on Venetian ships off the coast of Portugal. He narrowly escapes death by grabbing an oar and swimming to shore. With the stolen loot he marries a Portuguese lady of royal birth and moves to the island of Madeira near the Canary Islands.
1486 After surviving a horrific hurricane that blew their ship all the way to the island of Santo Domingo in the New World, Alonso Sánchez the pilot and 4 Spanish sailors are shipwrecked on the island of Madeira . . . and they all die in the house of Columbus....He steals the maps and charts showing the location of the New World....Columbus approaches the king of Portugal in order to finance his voyage of "discovery" but the king refuses to meet his demands.
1487 Columbus arrives in Spain and changes his name to Christopher or "Christ bearer." He presents his great idea for the "discovery" of new islands to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
What impact did Christopher Columbus have on Canada?
Christopher Columbus did not have an impact on Canada, BUT he did make an impact to america by opening the way to the new world .
Who sponsored him Christopher Columbus?
The people who sponsored Christopher Columbus were Queen Elizabeth and King Ferdon.
Where did the wisemen start their journey?
We simply do not know. However, we can make a good guess based on the account in Matthew's gospel.
In Matthew Chapter 2 he writes:
"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
Some interpreters have ignored the first sentence of Matthew's account and have claimed that the wise men ('magi') saw his star "in the east" - meaning that the star was in the eastern sky and so they had to travel from the west to see Jesus. Therefore the claim is that the magi came from Africa. However, we know that the first sentence wasn't added or altered in the original Greek, and so it makes it perfectly clear that the magi themselves came from the east, and they saw the star on their journey from the east.
This makes perfect sense in that the 'star' would appear to move from east to west in the sky because of the earth's rotation as it appeared, then, to guide them to, at first, Jerusalem and then, after being instructed by Herod's advisors, Bethlehem.
We know categorically that the Arabs of this time were excellent astronomers. They named most of the visible stars (star names like Sirius, Aldebaran, Vega and so on are all Arabic) and would have known the major star patterns which would be very much like today's pattern. Therefore, the 'star' must have been rather unusual to cause them to journey for so long. Many think that a conjunction (an apparent coming together in the sky) of the planets Jupiter, Mars and Venus around 2-3BC (which has been confirmed by using modern computer simulations) would be a spectacular and rare enough occurrence (once every 3000 years or so) to warrant the attention of the magi, and to the naked eye these three planets would appear as one very bright 'star'. Considering that Jesus was probably born in 4BC, and working on the journey of the magi to arrive when Jesus was a toddler (as Herod killed all boys 2 years and under to try to rid himself of Jesus) we can get an idea of just how far they must have travelled.
Therefore it is probable that the magi were Arabs, and must have come from no farther than India, and, more likely from the areas occupied by the modern states of Iran or Iraq.
Where is the Christopher Columbus Family Chapel in Boalsburg Pennsylvania located?
The address of the Christopher Columbus Family Chapel is: Po Box 116, Boalsburg, PA 16827-0116
Did Columbus find anything on his expedition if so what?
From a European perspective, he "discovered" what are now called the West Indies, in the sense that Priestly "discovered" oxygen.
Were did Columbus Day come from?
it is the day christopher Columbus founded America when he thought he was in India so when he saw people on the land he called then INDIAn's and claimed the land
Number of native Americans in north America when Columbus arrived?
Unknowable. However, modern scholarship suggests the number could be as high as 50 million. This includes Meso-America, with the huge metropolitan areas of the Valley of Mexico, where citiy-states of 250,000 were not uncommon. Without Meso-America, the population of North America could have been 25 million.
A. one million
What did Columbus bring from the far east Europe?
He came from Spain so if any culture effected the Native Americans it would be Spanish. Mainly he introduced disease.
It forced many of them into salve labor.
What are good questions to ask Christopher Columbus?
Since Christopher Columbus is already dead and has been for a solid period of time, I doubt you will be able to ask him any questions anytime soon.
What was Columbus originally trying to do?
He wanted to do a great many things in life. He was berry ambitious. He wanted to catch a fish that wieghed 1000 lbs. Then he wanted to assassinated the duke of buckingham.
How did christopher Columbus culturally impact the united states?
In 1492 the United States didn't exist and no one knew about North America. As far as impact on the world of his time his impact was very minor if he had any. In his life he was considered a failure. Not only didn't he find a water route to Asia, but he also did not bring home riches, gold, or spices. As far as the crown was concerned he didn't meet the demands of his contract with them. When he died he was broke, sick, and was a disgrace. His son files a suit against the crown to try to claim some of the contract in his father's name after his death.
His current resting place is in the cathedral in Santo Domingo. For more information on the history and the other theories put forward (but proved wrong) about Columbus's burial place, look at the Related Links below.
What inspired Columbus to be a explorer?
He grew up in a major port city (genoa Italy).
he worked with his brother in Portugal as mapmaker.
He really did it for the money.
Who came to North America before Christopher Columbus?
The Europeans met Africans in the US. They are called Washitaws. It is believed that they have been there since the world was one land mass.The Amerindians met them there. To really answer the question the Amerindians came before the Europeans.The Europeans came as conquerors in the case of the Spaniards and some as both conquerors and settlers.
