Friday, May 20, 2016

What if?.... by Agustín Cristofanelli

By Agustín Cristofanelli

What would happen if Columbus hadn´t discovered America?

This topic is about one important event that happened in 1492 when Christopher Columbus was alive. These voyages had, therefore, an enormous impact in the historical development of the modern Western world. Columbus changed history, empires, vegetables, politics, navigation, religion and Spanish law. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia, but Columbus didn’t think that he was going to discover the New World.

In those days Columbus wanted to get precious and expensive things like gold and pearls. However, he discovered America, but what would happen if Columbus hadn´t discovered America?. The consequences will be a lot, also they would be really important to history because it would change a lot of things. For example, Columbus reach to this land because of lucky and what would happen if he didn’t?

There have been many studies and researches until now about that question. The consequences that I know are that if the New World had not been there for Columbus to land on, then Columbus and his crew would have perished from starvation at sea. Another one could be that he never could have crossed the Ocean to China. That would be horrible for them; however, they survived and discovered a new land.


Fortunately the discovery of America helped a lot to the future. Also, if you consider the fact that many Europeans felt that there was nothing beyond Europe and that the world itself was flat. I would say that the discovery of a new world by Columbus had a huge impact until now. For me it opened up the world of trade and also it was the beginning of the Age of Exploration.

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