Compare And Contrast Christopher Columbus And Taino

Summary

In 1492 when Christopher Columbus made it to the western hemisphere, he landed in the Bahamas where there were many Native American tribes living on different islands in the area. There were the Eastern Taino, the Western Taino, the “classic” Taino’s, and other small Native American peoples. Christopher Columbus happened to land on the island with the Western Taino. The Western Taino were the most peaceful of the three Taino, as well as the most complex Native American group in the area and they heavily relied on agriculture, fishing, and hunting. They welcomed Columbus and his men without thinking and were helpful in aiding the Europeans’ recovery from their long voyage from Europe. The Classic Tainos were the largest group in the

The Europeans were very controlling and showed lots of narcissistic traits. This was shown greatly when Christopher Columbus and his men enslaved the peaceful tribe as they saw themselves superior to the Taino. The Spaniards treated the Taino very poorly, they tortured them, and killed them mercilessly as if they were barbaric beasts with no civil traits whatsoever and were dangerous. After enslaving the Taino Christopher Columbus had his men take over the land which the Taino controlled and claimed the land for Spain. He left the soldiers that had accompanied him on the voyage there on the island to watch over the remaining Taino as he sailed back to Spain to inform the Spanish crown of his “discovery”. This led to many other European nations to sending groups of their own over to the New World. The Portuguese, the French, the English, and others sent settlers along with more settlers from Spain. As more Europeans landed in different parts of the Americas, the population ration of Europeans to Native Americans were becoming more balanced, especially when the Native Americans started contracting diseases from the Europeans such as Typhoid, Influenza, and smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, typhus, pertussis (whooping Cough), tuberculosis, cholera, and diphtheria. These diseases decimated the Native American population because the Native Americans had not developed the

There were many different Native American groups in the area on the surrounding islands in the Bahamas. To his fortune he landed on the island of the Western Taino. If he had not however, he could have landed on the same island as the Caribs. The Caribs were know to be cannibalistic and bloodthirsty. They were constantly in wars with each other and surrounding groups. Their society was not as complex as the rest, however they were cunning and would have greeted Christopher Columbus as the Western Taino did. The Caribs would have led the Spaniards to their deaths. They would have been unexpectedly slaughtered and before they were eaten by the Caribs they would use their bodies in dark rituals. This would have greatly changed the way exploration of the area by the Europeans. If Christopher Columbus had never returned, then the people of Spain would begin to suspect that something horrible has happened to Christopher Columbus and his men. this would have halted exploration for a decade of two because as the stories of what happened to Christopher Columbus spread throughout the Eastern hemisphere, people would fear for themselves and not head over to the New World. This could potentially help the idea of the world being flat and the fact that there was a so called “edge of the world”. This would prevent the Europeans from