Was he a Hero or Villain? Many people know the story of Columbus finding America, but many don’t know the truth of what happened there. Christopher Columbus. You don’t stop sailing when you get old you get old when you stop sailing Christopher COlumbus was an Italian explorer who was born in 1451 in Genoa, or now Italy. 1451 Columbus resettle in Spain and remained there for a duration of his life. In 1492, Christopher Columbus stood to gain wealth and power from his voyage, by the negotiation with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He came with three different ships called: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria. His goal has been just like the other conquistadors God, Glory, and gold. Christopher Columbus brought back different foods, goods, spices, and jewelry. He also introduced America with different diseases like smallpox, m chickenpox, diphtheria, measles, and whooping cough. These diseases caused many Native Americans, overview of people who have originated in America, to get sick and perish.Columbus came from an Agrarian society where diseases developed because of farming. The people of Spain are used to it so they have more of an immunity to it, where as the Taino’s had never experienced diseases like measles, smallpox, and influenza so their. Who was Christopher Columbus?
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