There is much to read and write about the work of a professor at the University of Carabobo in Venezuela, José Manuel Hermoso González and his book Leading People (1498-1798), which delved into the history of social and political struggles of the Venezuelans. There is so much to discover in their research work, it does not matter to begin with one or another issue.
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There interesting topics to discuss, for example, the arrival of Christopher Columbus on the sides of the coast of Paria. The historian, writes that Columbus, who passed into history "as a great explorer born in Genoa, was not a lover of science. It was not a scholar or a researcher. It was not a scientist, a geographer, not a naturist, but neither was an ignorant and inept. Its capabilities were others. Was whether an expert sailor, inveterate traveler, a polyglot and a self-taught middle-training, passionately interested in geographical discovery and therefore in scientific knowledge related to them. And, a daring entrepreneur a stubborn adventurer able to achieve great goals. "
Hermoso González says, in his fascinating book, it seemed that neither science nor religion was an issue that worried him the sailor, nor was a man who was uneasy about the glory or the holder of significance was not moral, religious or high ideals for humanity. Only
"The superficial mysticism which expressed" notes "was nothing more than a convention. There is no doubt that his two great passions, two topics of interest were, first of its desire for profit, ambition to get rich. And, secondly, vanity, that is, the thirst for power, prestige and recognition. "
teacher This story continues in his story and said that "anecdotal evidence that Columbus tried to turn the territories discovered in his personal fiefdom and his brothers who tried to enrich themselves and ignoring agreements and disobeying orders of the Crown or trafficking to backs of the kings and excluding the business of their own peers. By the excesses and abuses committed by Columbus and his men in the English, is arrested and sent in chains to Spain. There is no doubt that their excessive claims were some of the causes of Columbus fell out of favor and die finally poor, isolated and ignored. Greed broke the sack. "
sold the discovery as a jewel
Building history in the South American continent has always been driven by interests. They sold the discovery as a gem and soldiers and sailors who came as conquerors, when in fact came as wild beasts to take over what was not theirs.
In a kind of international title, which says stubbornness, ambition and love of money, keys to the feat of Columbus, the researcher states that "Notwithstanding the obvious efforts of Christopher Columbus to refuse all time and date the details of their true origin, efforts recognized by his son and biographer Francisco Colón-a careful and insightful study of the network created to hide it, leads to reinforce and give credence to the hypothesis that the rider from a family of Jews probably converted to Christianity. His way of signing their speech weird mysticism rooted in Old Testament passages, his words of admiration for achievements, contributions and merits of Jewish culture, so it may be presumed. "
And then adds, as to further strengthen the point made:
"But if any Christian could be sentenced to die scorched by the purifying flames of the Inquisition by the mere fact of stating that the earth is not flat, thus contradicting the scriptures what risk would not then a neo-Christian who is bent on proving that it was possible find a westward route to India? And still more uphill could convert an ordinary, in that atmosphere of anti-Jewish hatred and extreme distrust towards the new Christian-to achieve that or any other purpose, the support of a state dominated by the Church?
And there's more to the story of Columbus closed.
historian asks questions about whether the Genoese sailor knew of Ptolemy's contributions to astronomy, if had heard of Atlantis discussed by Plato and land had been references to Seneca, if he was aware of what he said Pythagoras in the sense that the world was round and revolved around the sun and was aware of the theories of Leonardo Da Vinci.
In his opinion, "Have you heard of the theories of Copernicus. Corresponds with Toscanelli-master Da Vinci, "by which you can reach the east by the west, to find new land and reach India."
"Besides all this information, he adds, it is known that Columbus met data and clung to the calculations of French Cardinal D'Ailly, who claimed that our planet is spherical, with the disadvantage that its size had been calculated wrongly, as it estimated a third smallest true. "
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