In five pages this paper will separate fact from fiction in this consideration of what the actual voyages of Christopher Columbus were like. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.
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of the disputed voyage, how the inhabitants were treated, and what might have been the reasons for such treatment by a supposedly civilized man, and representative of the Queen of
Spain. Bibliography lists 4 sources. BBcolumb.doc WILL THE REAL COLUMBUS, PLEASE STEP FORWARD?
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., June 2001 Introduction The date of Columbus landing on the Americas will probably always be stuck in my head due
to some little ditty of childhood, "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." That is about the only fact that is now agreed upon concerning Columbus and his voyages. This
discussion will examine the landings of the disputed voyage, how the inhabitants were treated, and what might have been the reasons for such treatment by a supposedly civilized man, and
representative of the Queen of Spain. Pre-Conquest Ideas of the Spanish "God, gold, glory." The Spanish basically held two ideas concerning the "new land." This new land mass
was to serve Spain as a "giant grocery store" might. This storehouse would provide all the raw materials that would be necessary to make a country wealthy in the
eyes of the world. It would also elevate Spains own social status in the world. Status and wealth were important considerations in the European world at that time.
If this were not the case, it is unlikely that Columbus would have had the tenacity, let alone the guts, to request the following "perks" for his first voyage:
" he would be knighted, appointed Admiral of the Ocean Sea, made the viceroy of any new lands, and awarded ten percent of any new wealth." Somehow the