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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?? Columbus’ “Discovery” of the New World & Caribbean Basics http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/images/Caribbean/caribbeanblank.gif Why is it easier to sail from Spain to Barbados, than from Cuba to Barbados? Gulf Stream Westerly Winds Trade Winds & Northern Equatorial Current Caribbean Current http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/579/592970/BlankMaps/World%20Map.gif http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/262/268312/art/figures/KISH_12_266.gif Caravel http://www.geocities.com/captcutlass/ship/caravel.jpg Columbus’ Four Voyages http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Christopher_Columbus_voyages.gif Map showing the Treaty of Tordesillas divide http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/~vms/carlton/WorldDivided.jpg Map showing boundaries from the Inter caetera & Treaty of Tordesillas The 1481 Bull Aeterni regis, gave all lands south of the Canaries to Portugal. This Bull confirmed the Treaty of Alcaçovas http://collections.ic.gc.ca/maritime_museum/exploration/images/tordesillas.gif IMAGES OF COLUMBUS…. What are they trying to tell us? What does this mean? Why is this important? Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country (1893) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/images/exploration.jpg The Landing of Columbus (1876) http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c05000/3c05000/3c05062t.gif Tobacco label, c1866 www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/080_columbus.html The Landing of Columbus (1893) www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/080_columbus.html Discovery Channel’s Quest: Was Columbus Spanish, Italian, or Jewish? http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwspancolpic.htm http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwjewcolpic.htm http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwitalcolpic.htm http://historymedren.about.com/library/gallery/blpxcolumbus.htm History of the World, edited by H. F. Helmolt; published by Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902. http://www.oceansatlas.com/unatlas/uses/transportation_telecomm/maritime_trans/nav/images/columbus.gif http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/columbus/images/Columbus_Portrait_1.jpg http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/images/christopher-columbus.jpg Image depicting Caribs as Cannibals (there is no proof to support this assertion) http://www.centrelink.org/Cannibals.jpg