It has been know that Columbus fought to prove this fact, this automatically removes one motive of his struggle to get a right of passage to the west. Columbus searched long and hard to get the approval of a kingdom to fund his voyage. He spent many years in Portugal, and after no avail, he moved on to Spain. In Spain the king and queen tried his patience, but finally approved his voyage. The movie portrayed Columbus"tms fight for approval look particularly easy, without much convincing. Another reason of Columbus"tms voyage that was not stressed in the movie was his holy path to convert the Asian world to Christianity. Koning pronounced, "When he discussed his westward voyage, he always dwelt on its religion aspects: to convert the Asian "heathens" to Catholicism."2 Ridley Scott"tms Columbus did not emphasize this as one of his main considerations for crossing the sea. Gold ruled in the world in the 1400 and 1500"tms, countries would search and fight over it. Spain liked the idea of a search for gold. Getting to Asia which was prosperous in gold was Columbus"tms promise. Armesto writes, "This must have helped stimulate the search for altervative sources of gol
In the movie Columbus uses all of his navigator skills to figure out a path that will lead him to Asia. And on the voyage they cross with ease as if Columbus had accurately measured the distance and latitudes at which they landed. Bushman notes, "Columbus was a great seaman who made a magnificent error."4 With all the work Columbus put into his voyage, he was very inaccurate in his attempt. Koning states "His earth had a circumference that was only three quarters of the real one."5 His latitudes were off by hundreds of degrees. He believed that to Asia it was a mere two thousand five hundred miles, that is a quarter of the actual distance. Columbus seemed to strongly believe in these measurements, and convinced others to believe in them too. But the movie failed to show how inaccurate his measurements were. Columbus, Gerard Depardieu, taught a shipmate how to read the stars for direction. This was the real Columbus"tms hardest task to perform. "Columbus, despite his pride in his navigational instruments was never able to use them properly."6, Armesto protests. Columbus proved to be a good leader without the skills to back him up. He was always known for his ability to persuade and convince others into what they wanted to hear. Bushman said, "His voyages were rife with mutinous conflict. He kept his own consouls, misleading others, sacrificing them to his cause."7 This leads to wonder if Columbus was as humane as the movie projected, and whether the Columbus portrayed in today"tms world actually existed.
nce there was no need to prove to anyone that the world was round. It has been know that Columbus fought to prove this fact, this automatically removes one motive of his struggle to get a right of passage to the west. Columbus searched long and hard to get the approval of a kingdom to fund his voyage. He spent many years in Portugal, and after no avail, he moved on to Spain. In Spain the king and queen tried his patience, but finally approved his voyage. The movie portrayed Columbus"tms fight for approval look particularly easy, without much convincing. Another reason of Columbus"tms voyage that was not s
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