HIST191 Lecture : Hist 191 Special Topics in History; Columbus and After; New World and the Americas.pdf
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Columbus and after: the new world and the americas. In 1492, columbus sailed the ocean blue The people of europe looked east, the looked east out of mediterranean, past venice, past muslim byzantine, india, all the way to china. The sought the goods of asia and india - pepper, cloves, cinnamon, anise, nutmeg, silks - europeans had no idea how to make, dyes, perfumes, gold, silver, sugar. Not surprisingly, each european looked for a short cut, a way past the arab middle men, a short cut to those goods, that was cheaper. One of the reasons he sailed the ocean blue, was the economic agenda of europe, particularly of spain. This reason is contrary to the belief of many n. a"s, that columbus was a hero - that he was a great navigator that added a new continent. Biography furnishes no parallel to the life of columbus.