Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian mariner and navigator who was believed to be the first European to successfully land on the American continent. He was a brave explorer who "opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization, (2002, Britannica.com Inc.)", who's courageous determination, and navigational skills led to the 'discovery' of America. To some people he became known as a brutal person and an incompetent navigator who played a part in centuries of death and oppression for those who lived on this continent before he arrived. It is a questionable debate, whether or not Columbus as a discoverer, villain, or victim of circumstance? For some Columbus Day is a celebration, while for others it is a day of lamentation. The correct view is that Columbus did not 'disco
The Indians "are believed to be the earliest ancestors of the Native North Americans who developed complex cultures and inhabited the continent at the time when Europeans first arrived", (2002 Encarta. ver' America, because millions of people lived there long before Columbus wandered lost into the Caribbean. Like other explorers Columbus had many reasons for his exploration. I believe that Columbus was a discoverer, villain, and victim of circumstance at various times and through the eyes of various people. Today, we honour Christopher Columbus, who opened the first chapter of the Atlantic slave trade and opened one of the greatest waves of genocide known in history. Columbus' arrival was a disaster right from the start. Although his own diaries revealed that he was greeted by the Tainos with the kind hospitality, but he immediately began the enslavement and slaughter of the Indian people of the Caribbean. However, it is made obvious by studying the history of Columbus' exploration that his main motives were that he yearned for gold, he wanted land, and he wanted power. It is easy for some to ignore the fact that Columbus could have been the first discoverer of the 'New World', for it was already inhabited by people who resented foreigners taking over their territories, killing and enslaving them. We can build him up to be a great man, or on the other side we can see that he is as symbol of the white man's oppression. When he arrived on the American continent he thought he had reached the East Indies, so he referred to the native inhabitants as 'Indians'. In modern society many have made Columbus out to be a villain and a symbol for all that is unfair and greedy about the colonization of the Americans by Europeans. Discovery is a debatable choice of words because people were already living on the land he found, although Europeans and Indians were equally uninformed the other existed.
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