Columbus

Voyage of Discovery

By Abby S

Green Group

Day 1, Block 2

January 1st, 2018

Date of Article

Published 1991

Headline

1492 Voyage of Discovery

Author

Lorenzo Camusso

Source of the Article

Camusso, Lorenzo. The Voyages of Columbus, 1492-1504. Dorest Press, 1991.

Below:

A map showing Columbus' path from Palos, Spain, to his arrival in the Bahamas. All longitude is approximated; during the time period of Columbus' journey, humans could not yet measure longitude. The points are dated with the day that Columbus arrived at that certain point. Latitude and longitude are labeled in 5 degree increments. The image is not cut off on the right - the paper itself was too short to accommodate the longitude readings. If you deem it unreadable, remember that the labels start at 0 and with every passing line increase by 5. The base map itself is also inaccurate - the longitude lines should become closer together as they approach the poles, whereas here they are parallel.

Five Vocabulary Words

All words were used in the article. Definitions from dictionary.com.

1. ingenious - characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction:

an ingenious machine - cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent.

My definition: Brilliant in an unprecedented way, the kind of thing where you smack your head and say, "Why didn't I think of that?"

2. Westernmost - most western or westerly; farthest west.

My definition: The farthest west of an object out of a group.

3. moorings -the act of a person or thing that moors. Usually, moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored.

Or moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored.

My definition: Ropes or a means of securing a craft to a structure, i.e, a dock.

4. surmise - to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.

My definition: To use one's own knowledge to arrive at a conclusion about something that is unknown, or to take one's knowledge and combine it to create one cohesive idea, based mainly on inferences and not fact.

5. ebb - the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea.

My definition - the action of the tide receding as the moon pulls at the tide, returning the water to the sea.

SUMMARY

This article is about Christopher Columbus' first voyage, detailing the voyage's beginning on August 3rd, 1492, in the port of Palos, Spain. He had three ships, but only two, the Pinta and the Nina, are detailed. It follows his journey to the Canary Islands, describing his especially slow journey due to several problems as well as the ingenuity of dropping anchor in the Canaries. It discusses the possibility of a love interest on the islands, and makes clear the several issues Columbus encountered en route to the Canaries, noting the time he ventured away from land. It describes the repairs and changes that Columbus made to his ships on the islands. The article concludes with the moment that the crew could no longer look over their shoulders and see the Canary mountains rising up behind them.

Link to the article: https://nh-hopkinton.myfollett.com/aspen/fileContentViewer.do?contentItemOid=CTI000000Ma748&userEvent=2450 (online PDF)

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