cabeza de vaca

day 5, today was an interesting day. my friend Cabeza de vaca pretended to be a medicine man and people came to him. he actually healed them too! over 500 of us were shoved into only 5 boats. My friends josh and angel fell over board and drowned, but luckily I made new friends.

gold and Tainos

Day 4, chris really wanted to find gold. he didn't know that there were only tiny bits of gold in rivers that the Taino had to find. When we went back to spain he took native plants, parrots and six Taino prisoners on the ships. this was really fun. we got to see different plants, animals and what Tainos looked like.

columbus and spain

day 3, columbus claimed the islands for spain. everywhere we sailed he met Taino people. he wrote about all the people he met in his journal. he was impressed by what they all could do, but he still thought he was better than anyone. This is what he wrote, "They were built with good bodies and handsome features..... they would make fine servants....... with fifty men we could make them do whatever we want". since the Taino wore fine gold and jewelry, chris thought that there were gold mines on the islands.this was awesome because we saw real gold on the Tainos, got to see what they do and that they are really talented.

the caribbean

Day 2, after a month, columbus and the crew arrived at the islands of the Caribbean. chris called the people on the islands indians because chris thought they reached islands close to china called the indies. he met two Taino people on the trip. they had been living there for over 2,000 years. this voyage was great because we got to see the ocean and we saw people who lived there for over 2,000 years and got to hear chris call Tainos indies.

funds with the king and queen of spain

Day 1, We went with Christopher Columbus to convince the king and queen of Spain to fund for the voyage.He told them that he would bring back riches from Asia. Many people thought christopher was crazy. I thought it was really fun to go on a voyage with Christopher because I could see if he knew how to control a ship and if the voyage would be worth it. He asked many times, the king and queen gave him 3 ships, a crew and voyage supplies. we then set sail.