~Today we learned why we call the continent America and not Columbia. Someone else was given credit for discovering the new world. We learned what happened to all the Spanish explorers that came after Columbus, who actually went by the name Cristobal Colon. We also learned how the search for gold led many explorers to mistreat the local tribes. There are no known painting of Columbus that show what he actually looked like. All painting of Columbus out there are just guesses! We also learned why we call the sea to the southeast of the United States, the Caribbean Sea... after the Carib Indians.
