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Uneasy legacy
Columbus made three further
expeditions in 1493, 1498,
Columbus named Europeans saw him as a hero,
the place he landed
and 1502. For a long time,
“San Salvador.”
but he brought suffering to
NATIVE populations. His
reputation was not spotless
with colonists, either. In
1500, settlers on Hispaniola
sent Columbus back to
Spain in chains,
accusing him of
brutality to the
local people.
Did you know?
Columbus called the
first people he met
The Arawaks “Indians” because he
were friendly thought he was in India.
and traded
By the way…
with the crew.
I kept two log books—
one for myself and one
How it changed the world
for the mutinous crew
(in which I lied about
how far we’d traveled)!
Columbus’s discovery
opened up the Americas for
colonization. The “New World”
was a source of gold, silver,
tobacco, and new foods. In
turn, Europeans introduced
technologies and religion,
but also brought slaves
and disease.
What came after…
On his voyages to South In 1519, FERDINAND MAGELLAN
America (1499–1502), Italian of Portugal set out to sail
AMERIGO VESPUCCI showed that around the world, entering
the “New World” was not Asia the Pacific from the Atlantic.
after all. The Americas are He died on the way, but 18
named after him. crew completed the voyage.
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