The European discovery, exploration and colonization of the New World was both a collective and competitive effort among the political powers of the era. Each country was motivated by hope of economic gain through an easy and inexpensive trade route with Asia, but their approaches were quite different. Portugal hoped for, and found, an eastward sea passage that rounded the continent of Africa. Spain hoped to find a faster passage to Asia by sailing westward, and instead discovered an entirely unknown land in what we now know as the Caribbean Sea. England, just coming into play as a major polit...

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... him. Even so Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand granted him all he asked and even gave him their blessings. Furthermore, Columbus wanted direct control of any island he came across regardless of its inhabitants. He entreated the King and Queen to grant him the title "Don" and "Grand Admiral of the Ocean Sea and Viceroy and Perpetual Governor of all the islands," (Halsall). For ... an individual whose exploit if successful would bring him greater admiration and respect than a title from the King and Queen, why is he so concerned with personal accolades ... fifty men, and govern them as I ...

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