Columbus' View of the World

by Ben D.

Color group: Blue

Feb, 11, 2019

By now, Columbus is fully commited to going on this voyage. This makes me feel like Colombus can do anything he wants, espesially sail accross the ocean. But, as of now Columbus is only with the Nina, and the Pinta. two ships. Although, one is faster. The Pinta. because the sails are square. while the Nina, has Latine sails. Latine sails kind of look like a triangle. Thats the reason the Nina is slower. it has less surface area for the wind to blow on. Slowly but surely, columbus is making progress on his journey. Traveling at about 200 miles a day. Over ime, the crew started to run out of food, water, and stated to panick. So columbus offered a bag of gold to whomever spotted land first. And one morning, a crew member spotted The greater Antrilles. the crew memeber wanted the bag of gold very badly. but columubus said that he woke up in thrr middle of the night, and saw the land first. so all in all, he ended up getting the bag of gold.

My I Wonder question is, Did the crew of men ever think about their sails ripping? did they bring backup sails?

This is where Columbus is sailing through the curves of Cuba. A Funny story, the Jamacans, and the Porchigies, didnt have the best relation. so when the crew arrived at the Greater Antrillies, nobody knew if they were going to be shot dead or not. so Columbus, and his men, did a game of rock, paper, scisors. Saddly, columbus lost the first round. Than he said "best out of three." so he, and his men, did it again. And guess what. columbus lost, again. So he was to approach the Porchigies, and risk his lofe to ask for some desprate help. Luckly, columbus got help. Food, water, and many other goods for the long sail home.

Columbus has been traveling for many days, and hasn't seen much other than ocean, and other crew members. But knowing this was a long, long, long, time ago, Most people weren't that smart. So when Columbus saw a bunch of naked people on a beach, they were, suprisingly, suprised. I thought this was kind of wierd, because I have no idea how I would react if I saw a bunch of naked people on a beach.

My I Wonder question is, what if the naked people were doing the same thing that Columbus was doing? Were they exploring new land too?

The world was new, and there was many other people attempting to find or discover new land. But at this time, people were discovering new things every second.

My I Wonder question is, What if Morning Girl discovered other things but didn't reaize it?

Columbus sets sail, says goodbye to all his peers, and begins this journey that will change history forever.

My I Wonder question is, could people navigate and/or travel from island to island by swimming? Because they were so close to eachother?

Camusso, Lorenzo. The Voyages of Columbus. New York, New York. Dorset Press, 1991.

Fuson, Robert (translator). The Log of Christopher Columbus. Camden, Maine. International Marine Publishing, 1992.

Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl. New York, New York, Hyperion, 1991.

Wikipedia contributors. "Christopher Columbus." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 Feb. 2019. Web. 21 Feb. 2019.

Further Online Reading:

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/caribarch/education/columbus/ Florda Museum. Christopher Columbus. Uneversity of Florida. 2019 2/19/19

https://www.aoc.gov/art/historic-rotunda-paintings/landing-columbus Architect of The Capitol. Landing of Columbus. Publisher Unknown. 2015. 2/19/19

http://jackiewhiting.net/AP/Sum09/ColHisp.pdf National Humanities Center. First In The Indies. Publisher Unknown. 2006. 2/19/19