FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Because an author, the same one who wrote Sleepy Hollow, wrote about him in the 1800’s and referred to him as an explorer.
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Because he discovered America
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Because he proved the world was round
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Because he is considered the kindest man alive.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did Columbus aim to do? In the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans wanted to find sea routes to the Far East. Columbus wanted to find a new route to India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands. If he could reach these lands, he would be able to bring back rich cargoes of silks and spices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christopher Columbus was a navigator who explored the Americas under the flag of Spain. Some people think of him as the “discoverer” of America, but this is not strictly true. His voyages across the Atlantic paved the way for European colonization and exploitation of the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Columbus Day is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492, in the New World. Columbus was a native of Genoa, Italy, and over the years Italian Americans took up the cause of honouring his achievement.
Detailed explanation-4: -A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a fictional biographical account of Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving in 1828. It was published in four volumes in Britain and in three volumes in the United States.