What was the context in which Columbus set sail?

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Write answers to the eight questions (four in each exercise) in the form of a 6-10 paper, typed and double-spaced. Use your own words (not the internet), and make sure the questions are clearly numbered and spelled out in your paper.

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Read the this excerpt from Christopher Columbus's Journal and answer the following:

1) What was the context in which Columbus set sail? 2) What was he looking for?

3) How did he describe the inhabitants of the islands he found?

4) Based on your reading of my chapter on the Southern Americas in week 2, what was the Spanish Catholic "requerimiento" or "requirement"? Is the tone of that declaration the same as Columbus' first impressions of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean?

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