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Reading Columbus' journals leaves me with a reinforced belief that Columbus may not be the villain of Euro-American history, but he played a very significant role as a villain. Although the reality that understanding does not time travel well, the things Columbus did were against the beliefs of his own God, the Church through Antonio de Montesino, Bartolomé de las Casas and the Spanish heads of state, including, albeit arguably, King Ferdinand II and his son King Charles V during that time period. Although the violence Columbus committed against the Natives of the Americas' was horrific, it was far from surprising. The thing I found most surprising in these excerpts were the lack of the details of what he did to the peoples he had plans to "subjugate" as when the Lucayan peoples refused his orders or him stating “A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand". Unfortunately, this seems to be in the further future of Christopher Columbus. read full post >>

Reading Columbus' journals leaves me with a reinforced belief that Columbus may not be the villain of Euro-American history, but he played a very significant role as a villain. Although the reality that understanding does not time travel well, the things Columbus did were against the beliefs of his own God, the Church through Antonio de Montesino, Bartolomé de las Casas and the Spanish heads of state, including, albeit arguably, King Ferdinand II and his son King Charles V during that time period. Although the violence Columbus committed against the Natives of the Americas' was horrific, it was far from surprising. The thing I found most surprising in these excerpts were the lack of the details of what he did to the peoples he had plans to "subjugate" as when the Lucayan peoples refused his orders or him stating “A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand". Unfortunately, this seems to be in the further future of Christopher Columbus. read full post >>

Reading Columbus' journals leaves me with a reinforced belief that Columbus may not be the villain of Euro-American history, but he played a very significant role as a villain. Although the reality that understanding does not time travel well, the things Columbus did were against the beliefs of his own God, the Church through Antonio de Montesino, Bartolomé de las Casas and the Spanish heads of state, including, albeit arguably, King Ferdinand II and his son King Charles V during that time period. Although the violence Columbus committed against the Natives of the Americas' was horrific, it was far from surprising. The thing I found most surprising in these excerpts were the lack of the details of what he did to the peoples he had plans to "subjugate" as when the Lucayan peoples refused his orders or him stating “A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand". Unfortunately, this seems to be in the further future of Christopher Columbus. read full post >>

Reading Columbus' journals leaves me with a reinforced belief that Columbus may not be the villain of Euro-American history, but he played a very significant role as a villain. Although the reality that understanding does not time travel well, the things Columbus did were against the beliefs of his own God, the Church through Antonio de Montesino, Bartolomé de las Casas and the Spanish heads of state, including, albeit arguably, King Ferdinand II and his son King Charles V during that time period. Although the violence Columbus committed against the Natives of the Americas' was horrific, it was far from surprising. The thing I found most surprising in these excerpts were the lack of the details of what he did to the peoples he had plans to "subjugate" as when the Lucayan peoples refused his orders or him stating “A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand". Unfortunately, this seems to be in the further future of Christopher Columbus. read full post >>

I thought the story of Catalina De Erauso was truly extraordinary. The thought of what she went through and her real accounts of her adventure were really exhilarating. Known as Antonio, Alonso Diaz, or Francisco, but in her previous life as Catalina. I believed because she was woman, it makes her story powerful because of the … Continue reading Week 3: Catalina De Erauso read full post >>

“Columbus is the hero of the discovery of America,” this is how I believed about Christopher Columbus. When I was a child, there was a book for kids about Columbus’ journey in the bookshelf at the elementary school. There were some required readings for each grade, and the book of Columbus’s journey was one of […] read full post >>

The journal of Christopher Columbus is truly an eyeopening reading. There are so many thoughts on this character in history and his role in the colonization period for America after his discovery. However it is important to to remark how, as we can perceive from reading his journals he is not even aware of where […] read full post >>

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As I read Christopher Columbus’ journal entries I could not understand why Columbus had already judged the people of this new land, without even exploring it. Columbus once reaching the beach discover the beautiful land and people and finds out “… they were so delighted and so eager to please us that we could not believe … Continue reading Week 2: Meeting of Two Worlds read full post >>

I didn’t know much about Christopher Columbus before I read this text, but I’m glad I had the opportunity to read a first hand account of one of the most important events through history. Being someone who’s roots come from European immigrants who settled Bermuda not too long after Columbus discovered the continent, i feel as if … Continue reading "Blog Post 2 – Christopher Columbus Reflection" read full post >>