There was a man by the name of Christopher Columbus, who went down in history for starting the discovery of a new world. He had no plans for finding this new land. His goal was to find a quicker way to Asia for trade in which he would make pure profit. (Armento 17) Did this man live up to his reputation? Was he a man honorable enough to go down into history for finding a new …showed first 75 words of 611 total…

…showed last 75 words of 611 total…His failures are forgotten in the midst of his triumph. Yes, Columbus deserves his place in history, but he does not live up to all of the expectations we remember him by. Works Cited Armento, Beverly J. et al. A More Perfect Union. Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1991. Davis, Kenneth. Don’t Know Much About History. New York: Aron Books, 1995. Manuel, David and Marshall, Peter. The Light and The Glory. Grand Rapids: Feming H. Revell, 1977.