CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS It is thought by many that Christopher Columbus was a skilled sailor on a mission of greed. Many think that he in fact did it all for the money, honor and the status that comes with an explorer, but this is not the case entirely. Columbus was an adventurer and was enthused by the thrill of the quest of the unknown. “Columbus had a firm religious faith and a scientific curiosity, a zest …
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…ed human history, but was also a demonstration of Columbus's dominance as mariner and navigator. For a while he had faults and defects, which brought turmoil to his personal life, but there was no fl! aw, no dark side to the most significant of all his qualities, of course his seamanship. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** personal life, but there was no flaw, no dark side to the most significant of all his qualities, of course his seamanship.