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| − | '''Christopher Columbus''' (1451 – 20 May 1506) (Spanish: ''Cristóbal Colón'') led a fleet of three ships from Spain and landed on [[December 5]], [[1492]] on the island of [[Kiskeya]](renamed Hispaniola by Columbus), in the north of what is now [[Haiti]]. This is widely regarded as the beginning of European colonization of the Americas as well as the soon to follow enslavement of Africans. | + | '''Christopher Columbus''' (1451 – 20 May 1506) (Spanish: ''Cristóbal Colón'') led a fleet of three ships from Spain and landed on [[December 5]], [[1492]] on the island of [[Kiskeya]] (renamed Hispaniola by Columbus), in the north of what is now [[Haiti]]. This is widely regarded as the beginning of European colonization of the Americas as well as the soon to follow enslavement of Africans. |
Columbus landfall was also the precursor to the massive genocide of the native [[Taíno]] by the European settlers. | Columbus landfall was also the precursor to the massive genocide of the native [[Taíno]] by the European settlers. | ||
| − | ==Further | + | ==Further Reading== |
* Fagan, Brian. (1997). ''Clash of the Cultures''. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0761991468 (A critical view of Columbus) | * Fagan, Brian. (1997). ''Clash of the Cultures''. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0761991468 (A critical view of Columbus) | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 8 January 2006
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 20 May 1506) (Spanish: Cristóbal Colón) led a fleet of three ships from Spain and landed on December 5, 1492 on the island of Kiskeya (renamed Hispaniola by Columbus), in the north of what is now Haiti. This is widely regarded as the beginning of European colonization of the Americas as well as the soon to follow enslavement of Africans. Columbus landfall was also the precursor to the massive genocide of the native Taíno by the European settlers.
Further Reading
- Fagan, Brian. (1997). Clash of the Cultures. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0761991468 (A critical view of Columbus)
External Link
- Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
Reference
- Internet Medieval Source Book - Extracts from the journal of Columbus
- Keith Pickering's Columbus Navigation Page
