Christopher Columbus (History) - Binogi.com

the earth is round the Europeans know this at the end of the 15th century and that India is to the east at this time fabrics and spices are carried from India and China by land and are really expensive so the Europeans are looking for a way to India by sea but something is missing from this map North and South America they haven't been discovered yet or actually they have by Vikings but no one is aware of that at this time Christopher Columbus has an idea since the earth is round we can go this way West Columbus is from Genoa in Italy but Portugal and Spain are the two main seafaring nations at this time so he visits the Portuguese King John the second it's closer to go east we are going that way Columbus moves on to the Spanish Royals 13 and and Isabella ah so King John is going east very interesting you must call me Admiral of the ocean and I want to be governor overall no areas and you must give me 10% of everything forget it luckily Columbus gets an offer from the French Court and is on his way there all right Admiral of the ocean let's do it so in the year 1492 it's time Columbus set sail with three ships Santa Maria is the grandest the journey only takes 33 days but the crew isn't completely convinced that the earth really is round these are completely unknown waters no one knows what lies ahead land ahoy yes land but I saw that a couple of hours ago the Spanish Royals had promised a lifetime pension to the one who first saw land they go shore on an island Columbus still believes that they have reached Asia he calls it the West Indies and the people living here he calls Indians the people living here of course already have a name ty no but I know live in villages run by Chiefs both men and women can become chiefs ty knows have particular rules regarding social and religious life and are skilled crafts folk they are very generous and friendly towards their guests this first voyage makes Columbus a hero in Spain but this will change he makes three more voyages the goal of the second voyage is to find gold against the Spanish Royals wishes Columbus now takes slaves he captures 1,600 of the Arawak a tribe who are just as friendly as the Ty knows most of them are enslaved by colonists a couple of hundred of them he brings to Spain most of these died on the voyage Columbus writes that he himself uses slaves sexually on his third voyage he encounters angry colonists Columbus has promised them riches that don't exist so they rebel Columbus is so violent towards the colonists that the Spanish royal couple arrest him for tyranny he is brought to Spain in Chains and his title governor is revoked but still he is allowed to make a fourth voyage his goal is to find the Strait of Malacca that leads to the Indian Ocean but he fails since he's in the wrong continent when Columbus returns home he wants his 10% the court refuses since he is misbehaved and lost his governor title Columbus dies without understanding that he has visited a new continent he has no clue that his voyage has become the start of the colonization of North and South America as well as the slave trade between Africa and America he is also ignorant of the fact that most of his Indians die from diseases brought by Europeans since they have no immune system against them and that the whole tyno population dies out [Music] you you