Columbus, Christopher

Christopher Columbus was motivated by a combination of factors: the desire for wealth, religious zeal, and the quest for glory. He sought riches through governorship and the discovery of a faster...

Columbus' voyages were financed by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, who sponsored four expeditions across the Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish Crown's main demand was for Columbus to find a westward route...

If Columbus had never arrived in the Americas, the impact would likely be minimal, as other European explorers would soon have discovered the continent. However, if Europeans had never reached the...

Traditional textbooks usually give a basically positive portrait of the man, though with variations on the details.