What follows is in the actual words of the Admiral in his book of the first navigation and discovery of the Indies.
Who would have thought even on water they be having time for reading or writing down their voyage.
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Their legs are very straight, all in one line,’ and no belly, but very well formed.
Christopher Columbus is really admiring the other people and how well toned they look.
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Canarians.
This word sounds like they are saying canneries.
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Martin Alonso Pinzon
Long name even back then, they would use middle names with their last names.
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The above is in the words of the admiral….
Who is the admiral? Who named him that and why?
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They are large, some of them holding 40 to 45 men, others smaller, and some only large enough to hold one man
It's amazing how many people fit in a canoe that the indigenous built from trunks. These people were very smart.
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If the canoe capsizes they all promptly begin to swim
That's so fascinating knowing that these people made canoes too to get from destination to destination.
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They go as naked as when their mothers bore them
I get it that they are poor but why not grab something and make it into a dress to cover up.
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They paint themselves black,
Why are all the people uninformed like same color makeup.
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they captured an enemy they beheaded him and drank his blood…
eww can't believe they would be head they're enemies head and feed it to the poor doggies
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He further understood them to say that there were great ships and much merchandise
I wonder how they're ships looked like back then
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gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends that it was a marvel to see.
Why is he trying to buy people? He's not even wanting friendship from them.
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He also predicted easy success for missionaries seeking to convert these people to Christianity.
My questions is why did Christopher Columbus want the people to convert to Christianity?
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But messengers came to tell them to dress the figure of Huitzilopochtli.
I wonder how the Huitzilopochtli dressed back then versus the other people.
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The king Montezuma, who was accompanied by Itzcohuatzin
Who is Itzcohuatzin? Is he like a servant to Montezuma?
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When Montezuma had given necklaces to each one,
Who did Montezuma give necklaces too?
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Then he stood up to welcome Cortés;
Is Cortes like another Christopher Columbus?
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