The discovery of America

 

On October 12,1492 an Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his crew reached an Island in the present-day Bahamas archipelago. This day is consider as the official discovery of America. (There are rumours that Leif Eriksson had done this before)

It's good to know that Christopher Columbus didn't plan to discover new lands. The purpose of the voyage was to find a sea route to India because the Ottoman Empire had closed the land routes to the East and the sea route from the Red Sea was hard to access so no one was expecting that Columbus will find new land. In total the Italian explorer participated in 4 voyages. All of them had a huge impact on the life of medieval people.

The discovery of America was definitely a real breakthrough in history. Due to this, we can nowadays eat potato, corn, or tomatoes, the world population increased, making the world's human inhabitants became more genetically and ethnically interconnected. Unfortunately, it had negative consequences like the devastation of the population of the Americas, the spread of slavery in America, and the extinction of many species of life form.

Links:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus/Principal-evidence-of-travels

https://connectusfund.org/14-biggest-pros-and-cons-of-christopher-columbus