H kohachiro takahashi biography of christopher columbus
Never in the annals of the modern world has there existed so prolonged and so rich an oppor- tunity for the businessman, the speculator and the prof iteer.
Was that led by Christopher Columbus (–) which began the colonisation Marxist economic historian Kohachiro Takahashi insisted in the first place that..
History Lists: Explorers Not Named Columbus
Christopher Columbus and the Age of Discovery
During the 15th and 16th centuries, leaders of several European nations sponsored expeditions abroad in the hope that explorers would find great wealth and vast undiscovered lands.
The Portuguese were the earliest participants in this “Age of Discovery,” also known as “Age of Exploration.”
Starting in about 1420, small Portuguese ships known as caravels zipped along the African coast, carrying spices, gold and other goods as well as enslaved people from Asia and Africa to Europe.
Other European nations, particularly Spain, were eager to share in the seemingly limitless riches of the “Far East.” By the end of the 15th century,