1. Bartosik-Velez, Elise. The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas :New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2014. Print.
SUMMARY: This book mentions most of the disagreements about Christopher Columbus that occur among historians. For example, his origins, whether he was Genoan, Spanish, Jewish, Catalán, etc., other disagreements regarding his character, religious faith, skills as a mariner, scientific curiosity, and his drive to obtain wealth and power. The book also answers questions as to why Christopher Columbus’s legacy has been seen as such a good thing.
STATEMENT: All of the earlier history books contained information that made Christopher Columbus seem like a hero. Many people believe that he is a hero just because that is what they have always remembered learning in school. However, times have changed as well as opinions about the history of our country.
2. Caraci Luzzana, Ilaria. The Puzzling Hero :Studies on Christopher Columbus and the Culture of His Age. 3 Vol. Roma: Carocci, 2002. Print. Ricerche / Università Degli Studi Roma Tre, Dipartimento Di Studi Storici Geografici Antropologici .
SUMMARY: This book mentions the things that Christopher Columbus had to go through in order to discover the new world. And in return, the consequences of his voyages by explaining some of the problems with longitude calculations. In brief, this book also mentions that Columbus was self-taught at a late age and the range and depth of his learning continued to grow.
STATEMENT: Christopher Columbus was a very wise man for being self-taught at a late age and I believe that it takes a strong person to have gotten on a ship to make the long journey that he did. Columbus did not know what him and his crew were going to encounter on their trip but he had that drive for discovery.
3. Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me :Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: New Press, 1994. Print.
SUMMARY: This book mentions “The True Importance of Christopher Columbus”. The author argues that Columbus’s voyage was not the first discovery of the new world, it was just the last discovery and everyone made it more of a big deal because of how Europe responded. Pg.34
STATEMENT: “In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Christopher Columbus sailed from the blue.” This is what is provided in all of the books in schools in order to teach students about the role Christopher Columbus had in our history. An average of eight-hundred words—two and a half pages including a picture and a map is the information given on Columbus. However, this is not enough space considering all of the material these books must cover. Most of the books actually have the information wrong because there isn’t enough space provided to tell the whole journey.
4. “Columbus Controversy– History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts.” History.com History Made Everyday—American & World History. 2009.