Essays on Christopher Columbus

Critique on Columbus The Western Hemisphere cannot get enough of Christopher Columbus. In his name, there have been 14 cities, 5 counties, and a national holiday. Many recall his image with pride, for he discovered the Americas. But yet with just the smallest amount of…

Christopher Columbus is a well-known figure in history because of his discovery of America in the fifteenth century which eventually led to the expansion and colonization of what we know today as Latin America. Most historians can agree that Columbus indeed discovered the New World…

Every opinion of the first encounter with the new world is different. Olaudah Equiano’s is one of fear, as a boy sold into slavery by his own family. Equiano is confused and mistreated on his American voyage. While Christopher Columbus’ view of the new world…