Difference between revisions of "HIST 131--Week 2 Questions/Comments"

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Columbus discovered the New World, NOT the Indies.  Spain and the Queen and King had invested money into finding the Indies and spices and immediate payback funds for their investment in Columbus.  However, when Columbus did not discover the Indies, or at least a route to them, was Isabella not just a little bit disappointed or upset that her funds did not go towards their original goal.  Nowe it may seem like this question is stupid, for Columbus found what might be better than a spice route to the Indies; a new continent and the opportunity to settle.  Yet, if I was Isabella I would have liked to see that route to India.  Is there any indication that Isabella was disappointed? - Jake Guralnik
 
Columbus discovered the New World, NOT the Indies.  Spain and the Queen and King had invested money into finding the Indies and spices and immediate payback funds for their investment in Columbus.  However, when Columbus did not discover the Indies, or at least a route to them, was Isabella not just a little bit disappointed or upset that her funds did not go towards their original goal.  Nowe it may seem like this question is stupid, for Columbus found what might be better than a spice route to the Indies; a new continent and the opportunity to settle.  Yet, if I was Isabella I would have liked to see that route to India.  Is there any indication that Isabella was disappointed? - Jake Guralnik
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What did tobacco have to do with it? was it always compared to this way? Dani Jones

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