Christopher Columbus landed in uncharted territory October 12, while he was searching for a route to India. Although the ships had sailed in the opposite direction, Columbus and his crew were convinced they had discovered India, and they set out to explore and evangelize to local natives. Columbus and his men read aloud the "requerimiento,"declaring Spanish rule of the new land in the names of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Multimedia
*Video of the land from the ships as they reached shore
*Posts of Columbus' journals and letters to the king and queen detailing the voyage
*Interview clips of crew members
*Video tour of the ships
*Mini bios of crew members
*Photo slide show of pictures taken on land
*Area for user comments
Interviews
*With natives (maybe a video clip and translation)
*Crew members
*Crew members' family (wives, kids) still back in Europe
*Christopher Columbus
*King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Love it! Love the idea of Christopher Columbus. Clever. The link to some of his journal writings is fantastic and slideshow of photographs of where they landed. Might be good to have a map of their journey as well.
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