The most putrid part of Ferdinand's failure as a leader was his ship conditions. There were no beds or hammocks, so men slept on the hard floor boards. Sleep was still a luxury though because men had to keep watch in the night. Although these watchmen helped to avoid obstacles while sailing through the Magellan Strait, a lack of sleep was an unhealthy trade for success. Through all of the physical strain, the sailors could not even nourish their bodies, their primary food being hardtack. That mixture of flour and water supplied no nutrients but tricked the men into feeling full. In one account, Antonio Pigafetta describes the conditions of the voyage. He explains of a time in which the crew was in the Pacific Ocean for over three months with …show more content…
They also ate ox hide, wood shavings, and rats to fill their need for food. To top it all off they drank yellow, pungent water, but that was not the worst part. Pigafetta wrote, “...this misfortune i will mention is the worst, it was the upper and lower gums of most of our men grew [swelled] so much that they could not eat, and in this way so many suffered, that nineteen died…”(Document D). Many crew members were plagued with scurvy due to their poor diet, and Pigafetta went on in his journal about the other sicknesses that would claim many more lives. Contrastingly, Magellan never got the vitamin C deficiency like the other men or suffered in hunger. He selfishly ate his own delicacies, some of which included quince jelly to prevent scurvy (Document D). The men on board watched their friends die while Magellan had not care, leading to their plots of a mutiny. The eighteen men who survived until the end of the voyage had lived in these conditions for nearly three years. Many sailors became disgusted by the ship conditions, but the Ferdinand Magellan was despised more for the way he treated …show more content…
He had an important mission: find a way to the spice islands and bring back the riches, but most importantly bring the spices back with the five ships and 280 young men. Magellan was a great navigator but a harsh one. This can be good, until a leader refuses to listen to the ones he is leading. When Magellan stopped at the Port of St. Julian, he decided to put the crew on reduced rations (Document B). The change seems nearly unsurvivable compared to the conditions they were already struggling through, so they staged a mutiny. Three important leaders of the ships took the fall for this one. The treasurer of the whole fleet, Luis Mendoza was stabbed to death by the chief constable of the fleet, sent by Magellan (Document B). Gaspar de Quesada was ordered to be decapitated and quartered. Finally, Cartagena were abandoned on an island (Document B). Magellan was unwilling to reason with his crew members and instead removed what he saw was the problem. He issue was not the mutinous crew, but his own views. It did not take long for Magellan to anger more people. While crossing the Pacific, he added God to his list of things to sail for. On the island of Cebu, he converted about 2,200 people to Catholicism, but threatened those who did not convert (Document B). He burned down a village on Mactan, sparking a battle with the people ruled under the leader Lapu Lapu (Document B). In
King Ferdinand and Isabella are known as one of the most famous couples in the world. Isabella who was the daughter of King John II of Castile and Ferdinand was the son of King John I of Aragon were married to create unity between the two kingdoms. At the time of their marriage the spanish moors were in control of a big chunk of Spain.
The English reconquest of Spain was a series of events leading to the Christian regaining the control of the Iberian Peninsula. During the time, the Christian and Islamic cultures had built off of each other, both economically and socially. Ferdinand II and his wife Isabella I where the catholic monarchs that played a key role in the success of the reconquest of the Peninsula. Their marriage was a political alliance between Argon and Castilian nobles as a way for them to unite. While their marriage was not for romance or love, the two did deeply care about each other and made quite the power couple, literally. As a team, Ferdinand and Isabella were able to gain control over Castile and keep fighting until their conquest was over. Ferdinand
What is a key attribute of a strong leader? Would he be strong, bold, courageous, fearless? Magellan, a portuguese captain during the fifteen hundreds crossed the world through the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Ferdinand Magellan did not deserve defense. He would treat his crewmen unfairly, put himself first, and was distracted from his goal. (Document A, B, C, D, E)
Christopher Columbus is a mythical hero or in other words, not a true hero. The story of Christopher Columbus is part of the many myths of Western civilization. Also the story of Christopher Columbus represents the power of those that are privileged and in most cases white European men that have written this mythical history. Zinn (2009 exposes the truth about Columbus through eyes of the people who were there when he had arrived which were the Native Indians (p.481). Columbus had kept a personal journal for his voyage to describe the people and the journey. What was evident throughout his journal was the Native Americans were very nice, gentle and kind hearted people (Zinn, 2009, 481). As Zinn suggests Columbus spoke of the Native Americans as” they are the best people in the world and
...us brought America to the attention of the civilized world, to the growing, scientific civilizations of Western Europe. The result, ultimately, was the United States of America. It was Columbus’ discovery for Western Europe that led to the arrival of ideas and people on which this nation was founded on. The voyages of Christopher Columbus contain one of the great adventure stories of all time. His first journey across thousands of miles of unknown ocean, in the middle of the rebellious grievances and tensions of his crew, was not only one of the most significant achievements of recorded human history, but was also a demonstration of Columbus's dominance as mariner and navigator. For a while he had faults and defects, which brought turmoil to his personal life, but there was no flaw, no dark side to the most significant of all his qualities, of course his seamanship.
Then, it was a six month trip, sometimes longer, and all of that time was on the trail, out in the wilderness. Many died, and when that happened, the family had to immediately get over it; otherwise they would be “a weak link.” Travelers could be attacked by Indians or animals. Wagons could break down and the whole crew would stop. Although it wasn’t often, cannibalism could be the only way to survive.
In our personal lives we consider our past forgotten, however in our history everyone affects how they see themselves. "history repeats itself " is gradually long time we know manipulated and deceived us the wrong information, books, learning in school, the "biased" report before the newspaper, radio and television. Let us move on and we just solemn pray for that will prosper in our country. I noticed that there have been distortions in our history. It’s sad because it seems like we have forgotten the sacrifices of those who died during the time of dictatorship. This tragedy cannot continue. We should stand up for someone’s rights today. Times have changed. More sooner than later, they will take power into their hands by all and whatever
Many children, including myself, have once played the game Marco Polo. Although, I have always been curious, who exactly is Marco Polo? My fascination of Marco Polo warped into a fixation of his travels. Marco Polo was born in Venice in the year 1254. His father, Nicolo, and his uncle, Maffeo, were merchants who had seats in the great nobleman council of Venice (Polo IV). According to his records, he had traveled thousands of miles with his father and uncle.
Columbus on his fourth and last voyage ran into many problems in his voyage to find more land. They ran into a massive hurricane and ran into many storms causing massive damages to all ships. In 1503 the ships were so badly damaged they began to fail causing them to be stuck for a year on the island of Jamaica. When saved Columbus made his way back learning that Queen Isabel was dying and causing Columbus to realize that he can no longer afford to return to the New World. Columbus went on to die in 1506.
Magellan was psycho and would do whatever he had to to get things his way. Magellan’s one of many dreams was to convert everyone to christianity and if they denied his request they were punished . One time Magellan went as far as setting a village on fire until it burned down because they wouldn't covert. Magellan’s way or no way he thought . Kill a couple people here and there but as long as everyone else converts it's okay for him to do all these things because he's Magellan. Magellan also has tried mutiny on his crew members that helped him get as far as he did in his journey . Anything to get his way he would do it without
Some of the problems when studying history are the texts and documents that have been discovered are only from perspective. Furthermore, on occasion that one perspective is all there may be for historians to study. A good example of this textual imbalance can be found from the texts about the discovery of the New World; more specifically, the letters of Christopher Columbus and Pêro Vaz de Caminha during their voyages to the New World. Plenty of the text from this time is written from the perspective of the Europeans, as the Indigenous population did not have any written text. What this means is that it provided only one perspective, which can drastically hinder how history is interpreted. Columbus’s letter of his first voyage to the Caribbean
First it was too risky of an expedition to put money towards and give your men for that trip and secondly who is to say that Columbus was really actually going on this voyage. You can tell that a lot of people liked to play things safe to where they knew what would happen. In the end King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ended up getting very lucky. Not only were they able to convert many people to Christianity, but they also were able to collect gold without even having to do
Many people have heard of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. However, only some know of all the things they accomplished. They might be best known for funding the voyages of Christopher Columbus, but they also greatly contributed to the unity of Spain (“Isabella l”). Together, they brought many kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula together to form what Spain is today. Through Spain’s unification, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella strengthened Spain into an economic and dominant world power, enabling the spread of Christianity and the colonization of a New World.
Divided into four sections: Prelude; Love Hope and Sex and Dreams; Paradise Lost; Adventures of a Perilous and Swashbuckling Nature; War; and finally, Cast Away, the order of the sections already give insight on the life that Columbus lead. At first his life was full of hope and ambition, through the first chunk Columbus’ life is depicted. Beginning with the voyage the whole world remembers, Dugard unveils sides of Columbus’ character that many readers weren't aware of. Columbus was exactly 41 when he sailed in 1492, he was an Italian vagabond who ironically was quite cheerful, confident, and at times prone to the occasional boast. At six feet tall, with a very cunning mind, he somehow seduced the most powerful woman in the world at that time: Queen Isabella. Columbus was married, and then widowed, to a woman named Felipa Puestrello y Mariz. In his youth, Columbus became interested in traveling the world because of a man named Marco Polo. In 1271, Marco Polo, traveled to china via ship and camel. He returned twenty four years later with more knowledge of the world than...
Captain Cooks mission in all three of his voyages was to extend knowledge in astronomy. On his first voyage, his mission was to observe Venus. On his second voyage he was disappointed that he didn’t succeed his mission so he gave it a second attempt. Lastly on his second voyage he had difficulties sailing in the Antarctic to find the southern continent. So his last voyage was to find an ice-free sea route, which ended deadly.