History Presentation-Week 2

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-------------------------------------Jang, Yoo Jin-Class 22----------------------------------------------

2011.1 GLPS History Presentation-second week

Columbus’s Discovery

I.                   Sea travel in that era (Age of Discovery)

II.                Other travelers and explorations

III.             Spherical Earth’s History

IV.             Crew’s determination

V.                How Columbus’s discovery affected the Renaissance and Europe

1.      In that era in which Columbus lived, a lot of explorations and discoveries were made. Many people, such as Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama, or Ferdinand Magellan went on explorations. They usually used boats with sail, so that they needed wind to move. They could face lots of difficulties such as doldrums, scurvy, food decay, or storms.

2.      There were many explorers such as Prince Henrique (Henry the Navigator), Vasco de Gama, and Magellan. Prince Enrique went along the West Coast of Africa with his sailors. He found ivory in Cote D’Ivore, or Ivory Coast, and earned a lot of money from it. Vasco de Gama went around South Africa to reach India, creating a direct route to India from Europe. Magellan was the first person ever to go around the whole globe, even though he died during the journey and the journey was finished 70 weeks after Magellan’s death.

3.      Claim that Earth is spherical began in Ancient cultures. Great philosophers such as Plato guessed that the Earth was spherical, but that was just a pure guess. However, scientists such as Galileo and Copernicus scientifically proved the Earth as spherical, but such a claim was a contradiction against Christianity, which was the religion that almost all of the Europe believed at that time.

4.      There were 90 people in the crew of Columbus. There were doctors, cabin boys, able sailors, pilots, and so forth. They were determined to help Columbus to find the new route to India (ended up finding West Indies). There were three reasons; 1. Money, 2. Fame, 3.  Liberty. They could earn money and fame. It is being told that most of Columbus’s crew was consisted of jailors who were supposed to be killed, so they definitely earned liberty.

5.      It got them land; they were proud; there was a new source of money; and so forth.