My History Portfolio on Columbus Voyages

History: Columbus voyages

1. My History Portfolio
[Christopher
Columbus]
Italena Thompson 4M

2. Purp?e of this Portfolio
This portfolio is created as a detailed and more specific breakdown on Christopher
Columbus’ Voyages.
Its aim is to help students like myself to better understand the whole topic as to how
he went about to ask different monarchs for help, how he discovered the first Island
offers Queen Isabella gave Columbus etc..

3. Table of Contents
01
Wha? have I learn? i? history? ?ree areas
tha? stood ou?.
02 Who is Christopher Columbus?
03 Wha? did Quee? Isabell? promise Columbus?
04 Details o? Columbus’ Voyages. (places he
wen?, food he brough? et?..
05 Bibliography

4. Introductio?
I would like to thank the Lord Jesus for
making this portfolio possible to
complete, there were a few challenges
but through prayer and faith it became
possible. I also express gratitude
towards Ms. Salmon for giving us time to
gather our information and to find the
‘perfect’ theme which serves its purpose
for the slide.

5. —Christopher Columbus
“Riches don’t make a man
rich, they only make him
busier”

6. Wha? I learn? i? history? ?ree areas
tha? stood ou?
01

7. In my history classes for most of the first half of the
term I learnt about the Indigenous people and their
settlements. These people were from various
locations, some travelled to many different places due
to the fact that they had to depend on animals and
those animals had been moving from one place to
another due to various reasons. Three areas that stood
out to me most are The steps Columbus took to
acquire support for his voyage, The religious beliefs
of the Indigenous people and some of the areas they
settled and as to why they settled there.


Wha? I learn?? ?ree areas
tha? stood ou?.

8. 02
Who is Christopher Columbus?

9. Who is Christopher Columbus?
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy in 1450
to 1451. He was passionate about exploring the world.
He and his brothers were “Map Makers” otherwise
known as ‘Cartographers’. He was a skillful and
courageous navigator who believed that there was a
way to the East by sailing West.

10. Wha? did Quee? Isabell? promise Columbus?
Lands
He got all of the
land he
discovered
alongside with
trade control
and shipping
also.
Title of Viceroy
and three
Caravels
Tenth share of
wealth

11. Columbus’ 1s? voyage 1492
On August 3, 1492 Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain with 3 small ships which were the
Pinta, Nina, and the Santa Maria. He used navigational skills to reach the Canary Island
and then crossed the Atlantic. From there he sailed west ward for six weeks driven by
favourable winds. On the eleventh of October Columbus's crew saw birds which indicted
land, the next day Columbus sighted an Island in Bahamas and gave it the name 'San
Salvador'. He had arrived just as the hurricane season had ended. Columbus named the
northern coast of Cuba 'Juana' after Prince Juan of Spain (King Ferdinand's son). He
then later on crossed the Windward passage between Spain and Hispaniola with a lot of
difficulty. On December 16, the Santa Maria was wrecked through carelessness. In
Christmas time he found a settlement and called it 'La Navidad', He was welcomed by a
friendly Cacique named Guacanagari who assisted in bringing timber from the wrecked
Santa Maria to help build a fort. On his return he took with him gold, parrots, cotton and
a few other items of interest alongside with 9 Taino captives who were referred to as
Indians because he convinced them that he had reached the Indies. He arrived back at
Palos March 13. Columbus was made 'Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Viceroy and Governor of
the Island he had discovered in the Indies', and in April he was received with great
excitement by the King and Queen at Barcelona, where they were holding court.

12. Columbus 2nd Voyage 1493-1496
After he returned the King and Queen sent him back to the West Indies to claim the land formally
and to begin serious settlement. On their journey they took horses, cattles, sugar cane from the
Canary Island, the tainos 'Indians' who were there as interpreters, seamen, colonist, clergy, goat,
poultry and officials but not one woman was taken. He arrived at the West Indies on November 3,
1493 at Dominica which he named after the spanish word for 'Sunday'. On November 27th he
arrived in La Navidad to find that the settlement had disappeared. Columbus blaimed the
Arawaks even though Guancanagari remained loyal to columbus who had left him in charge,
maybe the wrong was done by the Spaniards. He sent some of the 'Indies' back to Spain as
slaves because they fought against him but Isabella set them free and was angry with Columbus.
All the male Arawaks who were 14 years old was forced to labour for the Spaniards or pay a
tribute of 'a half an ounce of gold or twenty-five pounds of cotton' every three months. In August
1495 Juan Aguado , a former member of the royal household, was despatched to Hispaniola to
investigate and report on the situation. As a result Columbus returned to spain in June 1496. He
named the central plain in Hispaniola 'Vega Real' during the time he spent as Viceroy.

14. Columbus’ 3rd Voyage 1498-1500
Spain's monarch seemed to take no notice of Columbus's enemies and reconfirmed him
as viceroy promising him a third voyage. On May 30, 1498 he sailed much further south
to Portuguese before setting off across the Atlantic. As a result he landed in the
south-eastern part of Trinidad sailing through the Serpents' Mouth between Trinidad
and Gulf of Paria. After some trading with the Amerindians inhabitants of Trinidad he
left through the Dragon's Mouth at the northern end of the gulf and sailed west.
At the end of August he arrived in Santo Domingo. Many settlers in Hispaniola had
died or been sick, Columbus had appointed Francisco Roldan as Chief Justice but he
was leading a rebellion Columbus and his two brothers were unable to deal with the
situation. Reports were being made in Spain about them the King and Queen sent
Francisco de Bobadilla to restore order, all three brothers were arrested but fortunately
Columbus retained some standing with the King and Queen and within six weeks of
landing he was released from imprisonment and summoned to the court.

15. Columbus 4th voyage 1502-1504


The monarch agreed to a fourth voyage because Columbus persuaded them that
there had to be a East beyond the islands he found. He was given warning to not call
at Hispaniola where Nicolas Ovando had been appointed Governor and Supreme
Justice. Columbus entered the Caribbean for the last time on June 15, 1502, passing
between Dominica and Martinique. An approaching hurricane was on its way and
Columbus disobeyed the royal command by visiting Santo Domingo to ask for helo in
repairing one of his ships and to seek shelter. Ovando refused and lost 20 ships
alongside 500 men.
On his way across the Caribbean he visited the Cayman Islands for the first time. In
June he had to run ashore because his last two boats were in very bad condition. He
and his men remained maroon there for over a year. A Spanish man came to their
rescue in a Taino canoe on June 1504 and by the beginning of November Columbus
was back in Spain. Queen Isabella died soon after his arrival which meant all hope
was lost, because King Ferdinand denied his request. Columbus died in November
1506 and was buried at Valladolid in north of Spain.

17. Bibliography
Greenwood R. Hamber S. 1692. Amerindians to Africans. Venice. Atlante
Veneto