1493 - The RETURN to Europe from the Voyage of Discovery
by Alex R.
Green Group
2/5/18
Headline: The Return Voyage
Author: Lorenzo Camusso
Source of the Article: The Voyage of Columbus
Three Vocabulary Words:
1. Estuary-The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
2. Viceroy-A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.
3. Cannibalism-The idea of eating other creatures of the same species.
Summary: (PARAGRAPH FORM, Who, What, Where, When, Why)
On January sixth, 1493 Columbus set sail for Spain, just after the ship, the Pinta, reappeared. The ship had disappeared after the three had made landfall at Cuba and when it reappeared said that they had just drifted away, but Christopher Columbus wrote in his log book that the captain of that ship was greedy and arrogant. After a brief fight between some natives and Columbus's men, they set sail, trying to figure out how to get back past the winds with square sails. Later on during a storm the Pinta was lost again and the Nina had to stop at some Portuguese islands, then Lisbon before being allowed back to Spain.
I think that we should change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. One reason why I believe this, is Columbus Day is supposed to celebrate Christopher Columbus discovering the United States of America, but he never even set foot on American soil, much less discover it. There were already "indigenous people" or Native Americans there long before Columbus discovered Cuba. Secondly, Columbus was a bad person, he took slaves, killed people, and lied, but he still got a holiday named after him? Lastly, after he had enslaved six natives and forced them to come back to Spain with him they all died there because they weren't immune to the diseases in Spain. All of these reasons are reasons why Columbus Day should be called Indigenous Peoples Day instead.