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Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator and adventurer who was born in the Republic of Genoa between August 25 and October 31, 1451. He made four remarkable journeys across the Atlantic Ocean under the patronage of the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II of Spain. These journeys marked the beginning of European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The Latin Christophorus Columbus is the source of the English name Christopher Columbus. Columbus, who grew up on the coast of Ligurian, went to sea at an early age and made several trips from the British Isles to what is now Ghana. After being married to Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, he had Diego, a son. Columbus was primarily self-taught and had a solid understanding of history, astronomy, and geography. He sought to make money from the spice trade and was driven by a scheme to discover a western sea passage to the East Indies.
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Donald J Wuebbles
Donald James Wuebbles
Harry E. Preble Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
Senior Distinguished Scientist, Discovery Partners Institute
University of Illinois
Director of Climate Science
Earth Knowledge Inc.
Biography:
Donald J. Wuebbles is the Harry E. Preble Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois. He is also a special advisor to the President of the University of Illinois and a Distinguished Scientist with the university’s Discovery Partners Institute. He is also Director of Climate Science for Earth Knowledge. From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Wuebbles was Assistant Director with the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President (with President Obama). Dr. Wuebbles has two degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, in Atmospheric Science. After 20 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Wuebbles c
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June 26, 2024
Textbook history, mostly constructed after the 18th century, tells us how some explorers set out from southern Europe starting around the mid-15th century and discovered new lands, leading to colonisation and ultimately causing a colossal political and social upheaval around the world. Any historical records from europe available to us from before the 16th century were typically the writings from the religious figures, mostly the Roman Catholic clergy. These writings speak of the travels and observations of the many zealous clergymen who spread to various regions of the Old World centuries before the time of Columbus.
In parallel with the colonial expansionism, the continental Europe witnessed an unprecedented interest in all streams of science, especially in regions beneath the control of the Protestant rulers. The general populace was illiterate as very few in the society were fortunate enough to have tutors. Those who became scholars were eith