FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Columbus left his men behind to socialize and enjoy a vacation.
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Columbus left his mean behind to set up a town.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus transferred to the Nina and left behind the 39 crewmembers of the Santa Maria on the island of Hispaniola. He wanted them to start a new settlement. Columbus reached Spain in March 1493, and claimed his reward in riches. He was also given new titles.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leaving 39 men there with instructions to trade for gold, Columbus sailed back to Spain on the Nina. He returned 11 months later to find a scene of desolation. Both the European settlement and the surrounding Indian village had been burned. All of his men were dead.
Detailed explanation-3: -With a crew of 90 men and three ships-the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria-he left from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. Columbus reasoned that since the world is round, he could sail west to reach “the east” (the lucrative lands of India and China).
Detailed explanation-4: -When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who had helped finance his trip. The letter was written in Spanish and sent to Rome, where it was printed in Latin by Stephan Plannck.
Detailed explanation-5: -Columbus left thirty-nine of his crew behind after foundering off Hispaniola on Christmas Day, 1492. When he returned a year later, the fort and settlement of Navidad those sailors built had been burned to the ground and all thirty-nine were dead.