1493 - the RETURN to Europe from the Voyage of Discovery

By: Hunter G.

Yellow

2/2/18

Date of Article: 1493

Headline: The Return Voyage

Author: Lorenzo Camusso

Source of the Article: pdf file

Three Vocabulary Words:

1. parchment: a stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal and used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times.

2. caravels: a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.

3. nautical: of or concerning sailors or navigation; maritime.: "nautical charts".

Summary: This article is about when Columbus left the bahamas to get back to spain with proof that he had been to the indies on January 6th of 1943. He had to sail back because the Santa Maria sank. He also had to leave 39 men behind because of this.

I believe that Columbus day should be renamed because Columbus was not truly the first one to find america. Also, Columbus was a bad cheating liar, so he does not deserve to take credit for doing something he wasn't even trying to do. As a matter of fact he didn't know that he was in North America.

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