Thursday, 11 April 2013

Christopher Columbus' discovery of the 'Indies', and what commodities he found there.

Although the journals and diaries, in which Christopher Columbus is said to create recorded his discoveries, have long been lost to us and the ones that remain are non the originals, these works may not tell the whole story, or even possibly the truth of his discoveries. This essay will initiative to explain what Columbus expected to visit in the Indies, how his reports reflected these findings and the duplicity in what he reported back to the empire in a bid to hide his misfortunes. Upon the reading of Marco Polos journals concerning his travels to China in 1170-1190 and being told of Cipangu (Japan) and other populated islands, Columbus decided to search for a faster sea route to the Far East. Even though Columbus set out to find faster guile routes for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, he had an alteria motive and that was to improve his and his family s bewilder within the Spanish kingdom. Columbus not still set out to discover a faster sight route through Asia, but also expected to find many commodities that would benefit himself and his sovereigns. Columbus sought trading commodities such(prenominal) as gold, silk and spices, which he believed would be found in boastful amounts throughout Asia. He also sought land to colonize and declare ownership by Spain. Columbus third aim was to Christianize the natives of Asia, if any were to be found.

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Behind all of these objectives lay Columbus straight aim which was to become Admiral of the Sea, to gain more support for future day voyages, and also to enable his descendants a better position within Spanish society.                                                                                          Columbus ultimate goal was to locate the great Asian trading centres that Marco Polo had discovered and written about. To find Asia,

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