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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

CHISTOPHER COLUMBUS

You studied at school that Christopher Columbus, a Genoese, discovered America on October 12, 1942, sailing with three ships calls Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina, You Know that ne sailed under the Spanish flag, and that Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were his patrons. And you also learned that he made four trips to the New World.
But did you know: * that Columbus was of a Spanish-Jewish family? And that he didn’t like Genoa? * that he discovered America by prophecy and not by astronomy or geography? * that he concluded that the world was round by reading the Bible, especially Isaiah – 11:10-12 and Ezra? * that he mixed up geography and cartographic information with a fertile imagination, thinking that India was close to Jerusalem? * that Jerusalem needed to be freed and that he was the man to free Jerusalem; that he thought he had found the river Ganges? * that Columbus was a good admiral but a bad governor; that he frequently disobeyed the orders of King Ferdinand; that hundreds of men (Spanish and Indians) were killed on his orders? * that he took almost one thousand slaves among the Indians and sent them to Spain? * than on his third Voyage, he almost reached the Amazon? * that the was very white, tall and red- haired, and that his thoughts and writings often came close to insanity?

Baseado no Texto acima, responda as perguntas abaixo. Escreva as respostas em Português. 1. What did you learn at school about Christopher Columbus? R= Que ele foi o responsável por descobrir a América em 12 de Outubro de 1942, navegando com três navios chamados Nina, Santa Maria e Pinta, que navegava sob a bandeira espanhola e que fez quatro viagens pelo mundo. Tinha como patronos Rainha Isabel e D. Fernando e que era Genovês. 2. For what country did he sailed?
R = Colombo partiu para as Índias. 3. What river did he think had found?