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Chirstopher Columbus' Explorations - School Essays

Chirstopher Columbus' Explorations

Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 to find a new trade route to China. If he had only known what that first voyage would bring upon him in the next 12 years he may have had second thoughts about ever starting the trip. Yes, he went down in history as the man who discovered America. Yet it does not seem that it was worth the early death he was bestowed. I am now going to discuss his joy of the beauty of what he discovered, and what later became his own hell.
" All are most beautiful, of a thousand shapes, and all are accessible and filled with trees of a thousand kinds and tall, and they seem to touch the sky. And I am told that they never lose their foliage, as I can understand, for I ...

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reasons greater than just their aesthetic beauty. I'm sure he was conjuring up great plans, for in the back of his mind he was probably thinking about the shortage of lumber back home. This abundance would take care of that problem. He could also bring back the fruits and whatever else he fancied to impress his majesties of Spain with. It just seems that he was in utter awe of what he had discovered. He had set out to find a faster trade route and came upon the discovery of many centuries to come. But with this discovery came trying times and hardships. For he knew not what went on at the settlements on the islands while he was journeying back and forth to Spain.
" After I, by the divine will, had placed them under your royal and exalted lordship, and was on the point of securing a very great revenue, suddenly, while I was waiting for ships to come to your high presence with victory and with great news of gold, being very secure and joyful, I was made a prisoner and with my two ...

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Added: 4/16/2004 09:10:48 PM
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