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Christopher Columbus was often received and remembered by the “schoolbook” image of him as a heroic, brave, modern individual spreading Christian civilization. According to those absorbed in this “myth”, his most important heroic attribution was his disc ....

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.... was as a result of the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The Muslim Ottoman Turks conquered and took control of the eastern Mediterranean, which was at that time, the only way to India and China for all the luxurious, exotic, Asian goods. Inevitably, the Turks marked up prices having control of the entrance to the east. This ultimately forced the rest of Europe to find new routes to the East. During this period, besides Portugal, who was the prominent exploring country trying to find a route to the East from South Africa, Spain offered very promising ground for explorations as well. This was due to several reasons; one of them being that Spain had b ....