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2006-09-21 18:50:50 · 5 answers · asked by bigtoejoe5 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Why is Columbus considered a great explorer, He was looking for a route to get spices and landed in North American instead of
asia. He and his crews brutalized ,raped and forced their travesty of a religion on the native population........ you call that great?
2006-09-21 20:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by RenoDeano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus
2006-09-21 20:42:06 · answer #2 · answered by fatsausage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cristobal Colon (in Spanish) or Christopher Columbus (in English) and it was Queen Isabel (Reina Isabel de Castilla) more than Ferdinand (Rey Fernando de Aragón) who was ready to give money to the good looking Italian dude who everyone thought was crazy because he said the world was like an orange.
2006-09-21 19:10:07 · answer #3 · answered by ly 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Columbus to sail west to discover India but he discovered the West Indes instead
2006-09-22 04:27:33 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wasn't that christopher columbus?
2006-09-21 18:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋