Columbus The Hero???
Christopher Columbus discovered America! Well, that is what they teach us in school. But, Does he really deserve all the credit for discovering the Americas? Did he really discover that the world was Round? Does he deserve to be called a hero? That remains to be seen. However, I will show you The Reasons why I personally do not feel, Columbus is a hero. Many people say that Columbus is not a hero because the Native Americans were here before him! Well, don't we credit Marco Polo for finding the lands of China? We do! We don't say, "The Chinese were there first, so you didn't discover it!" no we say that Marco Polo was a great adventurer, who ventured farther than Europeans had before him. It is this that leads me to my first Area of analysis: Columbus was not the first to come to the Americas from Eurasia, and Africa. We have all heard the story of Leif Eriksson! He was a Brave Viking who sailed to the Americas around 1000 A.D. He landed i
According to http://www.dictionary.com a Hero is defined as: A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life. The simplicity of the word HERO brings me to my next area of analysis: Columbus cannot be defined as a Hero! Columbus' sole reason for sailing west was to get to Asia and the Middle East faster. He only went, because he thought it would make him more money, and make it faster! This strikes him on the part of the definition that states: A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose. He did not care about nobility of purpose; he did not care if he was courageous. He only cared about money. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/education/fact_files/fact_columbus.html The website for the British national Maritime Museum clearly states, "Columbus knew that the world was round and realized that by sailing west, instead of east around the coast of Africa, as other explorers at the time were doing,
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