![]() ![]() There were also priests, whose job was to convert the natives to Christianity. On September 24, 1493, Columbus left Spain with enough ships, supplies, and men to invade and make Spanish colonies in the New World. However, they could not.Ĭolumbus was determined to take back both material and human cargo to his sovereigns and for himself, and this could be accomplished only if his sailors carried on looting, kidnapping, and other violent acts, especially on Hispaniola. He took some of them as prisoners and ordered them to lead him to the gold. With 50 men you could subject everyone and make them do what you wished.Ĭolumbus noticed that some of the Arawaks had gold earrings. I think they can very easily be made Christians, for they seem to have no religion. They ought to make good and skilled servants, they repeat very quickly whatever we say to them. On the day he landed in the Bahamas, Columbus wrote about the Arawaks and Taíno: He left thirty-nine crew members there, and ordered them to find and store the gold. He called it Navidad (Spanish for " Christmas"). This was one of the first European military bases in the Western Hemisphere. Not knowing where he was, and thinking that he had reached Asia, the "Indies," he called them "Indians." He claimed their land as Spain's.Ĭolumbus then sailed to what is now Cuba, then to Hispaniola. ![]() They were friendly and peaceful towards Columbus and his crew. He met Lucayan, Taíno, and Arawak Native Americans who lived on the island. The natives called it Guanahani Columbus renamed it San Salvador Island ("Holy Savior"). On October 12, 1492, after sailing for about four months, Columbus landed on a small island in the Bahamas. Historians think they were about 50–60 feet (15–18 metres) long. Historians think that the largest ship, the Santa María, was only about 60 feet (18 metres) long, and about 16 to 19 feet (4.8 to 5.8 metres) wide.Ĭolumbus's other ships were even smaller. In August 1492, Columbus and his sailors left Spain in three ships: the Santa María (the Holy Mary), the Pinta (the Painted), and the Santa Clara ( nicknamed the Niña: the Little Girl). This is a 60-foot-long ship – the same size as Columbus's largest ship He did not know about the Western Hemisphere, so he did not realize it would block him from getting to Asia. Columbus thought he could get to Asia by sailing west. Many people in Western Europe wanted to find a shorter way to get to Asia. Columbus, therefore, discovered America in context of European history. However, Native Americans did not record or contribute to the European record of history for obvious reasons. Another point is that Native Americans had been living there for thousands of years before he arrived. Columbus discovered America in the sense that he established contact with the New World and started the process of its repeated exploration. This discovery had no impact on European history and was not well documented. However, Leif Erikson, around 1000 AD had landed in present-day Canada. At the time of his voyage, Europeans did not know that the Americas existed. Interesting facts about Christopher ColumbusĬolumbus was not the first European person to have discovered America.This led to the Spanish colonization of the Americas.Ĭolumbus died on May 20, 1506, in Valladolid, Spain. When the Spanish learned that Columbus had found the New World, many other people, called conquistadors, went there too. While Leif Erikson was the first European to land on the soils of America it was not well documented and did not lead to the later contact between Europe and the New World. This was an important moment in European history. He is credited with the discovery of the New World because his voyage started the era of European colonialism in the Americas. His initial goal was to find a quicker route to Asia from Europe. ![]() In 1492 Columbus landed on an island of the Bahamas, the first European to do so. His real name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo. "Christopher Columbus" is the English version of Columbus's name. He was born in Genoa, Italy, in the year 1451. Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del PiomboĬhristopher Columbus (1451–1506) was a Genoese trader, explorer, and navigator. ![]()
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