Christopher Columbus (letters 1st Voyage Luis De Sant Angel) and (4th Voyage Isabel and Ferdinand)

In his first letter written to Luis de Sant angel regarding the voyage in (1493) Christopher Columbus is found to be very joyful and positive. In these letters he shows energy, excitement and thankfulness. He gives the lord praise for blessing his journey with safe passages and discoveries. He is very optimistic for the future of his travels and the people he will encounter and befriend. He is sure that this new world and his discoveries in the name of the king and queen will be a great success for him and Spain. Here is a passage from a letter written to Luis de Sant angel showing his positivity and optimism:

"Our Redeemer has given victory to our most illustrious King and Queen, and to their kingdoms rendered famous by this glorious event, at which all Christendom should rejoice, celebrating it with great festivities and solemn Thanksgivings to the Holy Trinity, with fervent prayers for the high distinction that will accrue to them from turning so many peoples to our holy faith; and also from the temporal benefits that not only Spain but all Christian nations will obtain." (Columbus , 1493)

In his second letter about the fourth voyage written to Isabel and Ferdinand in (1503) this letter tells the story of a man that sounds more cynical then Optimistic and more negative them positive. A man who's spirit is broken by hard times, labors, and troubles of this great new world. This sound not at all like the great sailor and discoverer of the first voyage, but more like a man who has weathered to many storms and perils of the high seas. A man that does not see a friendly native people but only savages, while reading the letter on the forth voyage of Columbus I found this passage to be a clear insight on his negative and cynical feelings for this voyage:

"Alone in my trouble, sick, in daily expectation of death, and encompassed about by a million savages, full of cruelty, and our foes, and so separated from the Blessed Sacraments of Holy Church, my soul will be forgotten if it here leaves my body. Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice." (Columbus, 1503)

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