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GEOG 332LATIN AMERICAThe Four Voyages of Columbus: Routes, Discoveries, and Consequences |
There are several good Columbus sites already on the world wide web. Here they are organized in a useful sequence for Dr. Dillman's course:
Dr. Dillman stresses the influences on Columbus' life. These sites will give you a good review of the life and times of Christopher Columbus.
The Mediterranean World: (approx, 1 page)
http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/b-Mediterranean/mediterranean.htmlColumbus' Life: "Motivations to Reach the Indies by Sailing West": (approx 6 pages)
http://www.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/cwk/DOTTERER.CWKA student paper from HIST 392/516, "The Age of Discovery", at Millersville University.
Students should pay close attention to the following: GENOA, ITALY; SPICES; GOLD; MUSLIMS; MARCO POLO; CONSTANTINOPLE; SAILING EXPERIENCE; WORLD BELIEVED TO BE ROUND.
This is a good on-line paper reviewing "What Came to Be Called America". It divides the new world into five geographical areas. Each region is discussed in a brief (approximately 1 page) article. Use the links below or simply follow the links on the web sites.
Introduction: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/a-America/america.html
The Caribbean: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/a-America/caribbean.html
Middle America: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/a-America/midAmerica.html
The Andes: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/a-America/andes.html
South Atlantic: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/a-America/southAtlantic.html
North America: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/a-America/northAmerica.html
First, Go to http://magellangeo.com/gifs_watermarked/VOYCOL.GIF for a map of Columbus' four voyages.
Next, Keith A. Pickering's Columbus Navigation Homepage will give you brief (approx 1 page each) summaries of each of Columbus' four voyages.
The First Voyage: http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/v1.htm (ignore the tables)
The Second Voyage: http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/v2.htm
The Third Voyage: http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/v3.htm
The Fourth Voyage: http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/v4.htmFinally, be sure that you have a good idea of the routes Columbus took through the Caribbean in each voyage. The following may be useful:
The First Voyage: first landfall uncertain (see The Columbus Landfall Homepage if you are interested), but somewhere in the Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola.
The Second Voyage: Dominica, Maria Galante; Guadaloupe; Montserrat; St, Kitts & Nevis; St. Eustatius; U.S. Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico; Hispaniola; Cuba; Jamaica: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola.
The Third Voyage: Trinidad; sighted South America; Gulf of Paria; Hispaniola (Santo Domingo).
The Fourth Voyage: Martinique; Santo Domingo; Jamaica; Cuba; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Santo Domingo.
Another student paper from HIST 392/516, "The Age of Discovery", at Millersville University reviews the exchange of PLANTS, ANIMALS, DISEASES, and PEOPLE between the new and old worlds in the years after Columbus' first voyage.
"The Columbian Exchange: A Clash with Nature" (approx. 3 pages)
http://marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/cwk/EXCHANGE.CWK
- The Computerized Information Retrieval System on Columbus and the Age of Discovery
- Millersville University-Columbus and the Age of Discovery
- http://marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/archive.html
- Columbus link page
- 1492 Exhibit
- Columbus link page
- Columbus Links
- The Columbus Landfall Homepage
- The Columbus Navigation Homepage
- GIF image 985x667 pixels map - Voyages of Columbus - Magellan Geographix
