CENTRO EDUCATIVO

“MERCY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY”

Homework:
The four trips of Cristobal Colon

Asignature:
History

Student:
Reyna Ester Arita Contreras

Miss shelsy

San Juan Pueblo, La Masica Atlántida

November 11 2019
THE FOUR PLACES CRISTÓBAL COLON VISITO
 FIRST TRIP
The first of all was the most
transcendental. The sailor left with three
ships - La Santa María (on which
Columbus was on board), La Pinta and
La Niña - from the Port of Palos de la
Frontera, in Huelva (Spain). On August
2, 1492, Christopher Columbu s sent the
crew on board and the next day he left
the Port of Palos de la Frontera. The
boats were to be recruited with the help
of the Pinzón brothers: Martín Alonso
and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. Shortly after
leaving they found the first setback when the helm of La Pinta broke down, which is
why they had to go to the Canary Islands (Spain) to repair the ship, delaying the final
departure until September 6. A setback that would not be the only one. Columbus
thought that the distance between Spain and Japan would be between 3,000 and
5,000 kilometers - when the actual distance is about 19,000 kilometers - and with a
continent in between located at 6,500 kilometers.

SECOND TRIP
On September 25, 1493, 17
ships sailed from the Spanish
province of Cádiz. The
expedition was aimed at
establishing the Spanish
presence in the discovered
territories, preaching the
Catholic faith and finding the
way to India and Catay, a region of modern-day China.
The first place they arrived was the islands of La Deseada and Maire-Galante on
November 3, in the West Indies. A day later, the expedition ran into the island of
Guadalupe. On November 10, in search of the Spanish island, they came up with
others that were named: Montserrat Island, Santa María la Redonda, Santa María
de la Antigua, San Martín, Santa Úrsula and the Eleven Thousand Virgin Islands,
current Islands Virgins, and San Juan Bautista, current Puerto Rico. On November
27, 1493 they arrive at the Christmas fort on the Spanish island, which they found
destroyed with all their dead companions. Columbus tracked the coast looking for a
safer location, and, on January 6, 1494, he founded the city of Isabella. Captain
Antonio de Torres, a trusted person from Columbus, was appointed mayor. A few
months later, the first council of America was chaired by Diego Colón (brother of the
admiral) and with Fray Bernardo Buil and others as members. After this trip he
dedicated himself to consolidating the domain over Hispaniola. In 1496 he returned
to Spain, arriving in Cádiz on June 11.

THIRD TRAVEL
The third trip began on May 30, 1498.
Columbus departed from Sanlucar de
Barrameda (Cádiz). In this journey the
Genoese admiral wanted to verify that under
the line of Ecuador there was a continent that,
according to the Treaty of Tordesillas, would
remain within the Spanish influence. He
arrived at Trinidad Island (in Trinidad and
Tobago) at the end of July, they toured the
Gulf of Paria that separates Trinidad from Venezuela for a week, passing through
the islands of Tobago, Granada, Margarita and Cubagua. On his return to
Hispaniola, Columbus had to deal with dissatisfied settlers who claimed that the
Genoese had tricked them about the riches of the New World. The natives were
decimated by diseases and forced labor, so they rebelled against the Spaniards for
the abuse and their eagerness to enslave them. The Catholic Monarchs sent
Francisco de Bob adilla in 1500 with a fleet of three ships and the title of governor to
put order in Hispaniola, an event that culminated in the arrest and return of Columbus
to Spain. Although he was released, the Genoese lost his prestige and powers.

FOURTH TRIP
Despite the problems,
Christopher Columbus began
the fourth and last trip, although
with a series of prohibitions,
such as not touching land in
Hispaniola. The purpose of this
trip was to find the Strait of
Malacca - Southeast Asia -,
which would allow it to reach the
Indies. They left Cádiz on May 9,
1502 and a few weeks later they
arrived on the coast of present-
day Honduras, arriving at
Guanaja Island. On October 16,
they landed on the mainland, where the first contact between the Maya and
Spaniards occurred. After touring the Caribbean coast of present-day Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama - where on November 2 he founded the city of
Portobelo - on January 6, 1503 they arrived at the Belen River, where they found
rich deposits of gold and, A month later, they founded the establishment of Santa
María de Belén, which had to be abandoned quickly due to the hostility of the Indians
and the damaging climate of the area. There they lost one of the ships of the
expedition.

On May 10, 1503, the expedition arrived at the current Little Cayman and Cayman
Brac (Cayman Islands), which he named as the Turtle Islands due to the large
number of these animals that lived in its waters. On June 25 they arrived in Jamaica
where the two remaining ships were destroyed, being forced to settle for several
months. During this period, Columbus had to face another riot because of food
shortages. Finally, on June 29, 1504, they were rescued from Jamaica on a ship
sent by Diego Méndez, and taken to Hispaniola where they arrived on August 13. A
month later they headed back to Spain, arriving in Sanlucar de Barrameda on
November 7. Several expeditions followed the four Colombian trips.