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If i were to build a monument of Christopher columbus it would be a boat to represent his exploration age and of him finding america. He should not be represented as a hero but as a leader of history or a driver of history who took the extra step to a new age of riches and life. The boat would have different historical factors of the creation of america including the bad and the good. Indians would be sitting on the boat chained holding different crops and goods that were traded during the invasion of the europeans.

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If i were to build a monument to commeorate Columbus's effort I would build a monument showing the good and bad of Christopher Columbus. On one side I would detail the positive impacts of Christopher Columbus coming to the Americas,  and on the other side I would detail the negative impacts of him coming to the Americas. For example the positive impacts would be how he intorduced the New, Old worlds together and for the negative impacts I would show how he introduced deiseases  and slaughtered the natives.

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If I were to build a monument for Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a ship full of stolen goods from the natives as well as Columbus himself standing on top of those goods. The reason for this is because of the way Columbus made his way into the land of native americans, killing and stealing from those he encountered. Not only did he kill those who opposed him, he also stole many of the goods that belonged to those natives. The Ship represents the voyage onto the land, the goods represent everything Columbus stole, and the Columbus standing on those goods represent the dominance of Columbus

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If I were tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a statue showing him walking off of his boat onto land. This would reflect how crucial his discovery of the Americas was

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I would build it on the location where he first arrived because that was the significant moment in history: discovery of the New World. I would build a ship with the Spanish flag to represent his exploration; I would also include a statue of him with a sword. However, the statue would not glorify his actions as not everyone believes that Columbus’ deeds were positive. I need to be able to reflect both perspectives: the ship to reflect the explorative achievements he has made and the sword to represent the suffering of the natives. The ship were the means of transportation for the Columbian Exchange and enabled him to make the discovery. The sword represents the conquest and slaughtering of the indigenous people who had suffered at the hands of his sword.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in America I would build a statue of Columbus holding a Spanish flag in Haiti. Under his statue, I would have the faces and bodies of crushed Native Americans and Haitians under his boots as this is representative of Columbus’ direct and indirect extermination of the Native populations in America and Haiti. The Spanish flag that Columbus would hold would represent the loyalty Columbus had to the Spanish throne and how his voyage had been in the name of Spain. The Natives being crushed under his boots would be representative of the Natives that Columbus’ “discovery” led to their terrible suffering for the next few centuries. The statue would be located in Haiti as that was where Columbus first landed and was also where many of the Natives were either killed or enslaved by Columbus’ arrival.

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I would build a statue of Columbus, but instead of the usual heroic stance and interpretation, he would hold a cup of blood. This represents only a miniscule fraction of the actual bloodshed he was responsible for. On his side, a vicious attack dog flanks him. A long bloody sword hangs by his waist, extending down towards his feet. The dog and sword represent his violent tendencies and inhumane treatment of the Indians; such as when he kidnapped them and took them back to Spain, or forced them into the encomienda system, or oppressed them so much that they felt the need to resist. Columbus was abusive and overbearing, and he needs to be portrayed as such.

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If I were commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a museum about him. I would do this because it will show everything that Columbus has done. All of the good and bad. There will be a ship inside the museum that shows how they landed. There will be a section of the museum that will show all of the horrors of Columbus’ journeys and actions. There will be prosthetic figures of Indians and Columbus and a lot of death. There will be a lot of Indians working as slaves and giving gold to Columbus. The museum will show the evil and backstory of Columbus.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a boat-like structure resembling the boat that he used to travel to the Americas from Spain. Inside, I would decorate it to resemble the Americas as it looked when Columbus first landed on the country. In separate rooms, there would be descriptions of the different tribes Columbus discovered and how he affected them and how they affected him. For example, the Arawaks were a tribe that Columbus abused greatly that not many people know about. Although this monument is to celebrate Columbus, the public should also be informed of the crimes of him and be aware of both his attitudes. There would be journal passages that Columbus wrote about during the time be encountered the Arawaks, along with how he started a war with them for not giving him gold and supplies he demanded. There would be stories of what Columbus did to the native tribes and how it impacted others, such as the encomienda system and how due to its use in the Americas, the Spanish decided to use it in Haiti in 1502. Much of the historical attributes of Columbus would be provided, whether it be good or bad in the eyes of the public.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate the efforts of Columbus I would build a small monument with Columbus on top of the Native Americans due to the fact that he did not make as many contributions, yet contributed to the deaths of many. When he came to the Americas,m it was said that 54 million people had already been there before causing him to not be the first one to find the Americas. With this in mind, when  he did enter into the Americas he invaded and started to conquer over the Native America causing them to be forced to work in the Potosi Silver Mines and in the encomienda systems. Columbus invaded and started to take over the land causing the differences between the Native Americans and the Europeans. Europeans started to gain more power and control through their implementation of the plantation systems and many of the slave systems which was not that big of an impact ina positive way. Columbus’ efforts were not very useful and they were not positive in any way shape or form.

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If I were tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus I would build a magnifying glass.  A magnifying glass is a symbol of searching and eventually discovering which are the actions Columbus is the most known for.  Also, a magnifying glass can make you see things in a higher detail which might make you accidentally catch some details that you wouldn’t have been able to find without a magnifying glass.  This would be very similar to Columbus as he helped the Old World discover the New World and he did so quite accidentally.  People use magnifying glasses in an effort to find something that the normal eye cannot see.  The Spanish government sent Columbus out in an effort to find land or find a faster way to a land, an action that they themselves could not do.  While Columbus did make some questionable decisions, the aspect that he was best known for and his greatest contribution to society was that he was the one to make the discovery of the Americas public to Europe, which is what he should be remembered by.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus, I would depict a sword in the face of an India. This is because the although Columbus started the entire maritime revolution, he also was a cold-blooded murderer and immoral man, as I found out by reading the article. This can be seen through the encomienda system. Although it was not specifically referred to as "slavery", it was practically the same thing without moral condemnation. Not to mention that, inspired by Columbus, Spaniards hunted Indians as a sport and murdered them like dog food. This tradition and custom of inhumanity towards the native peoples was to continue for centuries due to Columbus. Therefore, in order to remind people of Columbus's inhumanity, I would put the statue on the island of Hispanola to remind people of his tortures.

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In order to commemorate Columbus’ effort in the Americas, I would have the monument include Columbus holding up a sword in front of a Native American threateningly, while having his other hand open, as if asking for something. Columbus used violence against Native Americans to get the gold and other expensive materials he wanted from them, and also against them as a punishment if they did not comply. The sword is meant to represent this idea of violence, as well as the hand is meant to represent the things he took from them.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ effort to the Americas I would build a statue with Columbus standing on a pile of Native American corpses, wearing expensive clothing, and holding a old map of the newly “discovered” Americas looking happy/excited. The reason to include the pile of Native corpses is to remind the viewer that Columbus murdered and executed vast quantities of Native Americans in order to get what he wanted referenced by, “(The Indians) all promised to pay tribute to the Catholic Sovereigns every three months [...] Whenever an Indian delivered his tribute, he was to receive a brass or copper token which he must wear about his neck as proof that he had made his payment. Any Indian found without such a token was to be punished”. Columbus was only interested in the gold and if a native stop being useful or does not meet the quota is “punished”. The expensive/flashy clothing on Columbus represents Columbus’ need for gold and wealth to take back to Spain and maybe a little bit of personal gain, “Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from indigenous peoples”. He had no regard for their personal plights or troubles, he just wanted to take all that he could. Finally, the early map of America in his hand represents how so many people and textbooks see and view him as the hero that “discovered” the Americas that faced hardships on his voyage, spilling onto the beaches of the Bahamas triumphantly with his men.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas I would probably design a giant statue of Columbus standing triumphantly elevated off the ground looking off into the distance with a Spanish flag in his hand. The cause of this elevation would be due to a bunch of Native Americans struggling to hold him up, sort of like a cheerleading pyramid. This would be representative of Columbus’ efforts in the Americas because just as he is stepping on the Native Americans in the monument, he trampled over the Native Americans when he arrived in the Americas. He took their land and claimed it as his own, as well as forced them into slavery, paying tribute and Catholicism. He is elevated due to the fact that he was misrepresented in the textbooks as this great explorer who we owe the discovery of the Americas to, but in fact, he was a tyrant that tormented the Native Americans.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus, I would construct a small ship. It would represent what Columbus did the best, which was travel across the sea and encounter America. A monument for Columbus should not glorify him as a hero because Columbus has also committed much violence against the Natives. Columbus and his people mass killed Natives if gold or silver was not handed over, driving some Natives to even commit suicide than face the Spaniards. Also, even if Columbus did not reach America, soon a different person would as European countries were searching for a better trade route to Asia. In this sense, Columbus is not special or unique.

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To commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a monument that showed the true side of Columbus, and although it would still commemorate him for his discovery of the new world, it would not celebrate his actions that are not included in all textbooks and stories, but rather expose them. The monument would be a statue of Columbus made of stone. This tall statue would show Columbus smiling, dressed in the traveling attire for his time. He would stand with a straight back and one knee up, with his foot resting on a rock, showing how he “discovered” the new world. However, there are heads carved into the rock underneath Columbus’ feet, making gruesome faces that represent the death and torture that the Indians suffered at the hands of Columbus and his greed for power. Around all of the faces that come out of the rock, there would be the occasional outlines of a hand or arm to show Columbus’ idea of cooperation and “punishment by example.” Above the rock, Columbus still smiles, because he “viewed the Indian death rate optimistically” and believed that he was powerful enough to “conquer the whole of them with fifty men and govern them as [he] pleased.”

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I would build a clenched fist, as it highlights not only Columbus’s effortless rise to power but also the force/pressure he placed on the indigenous people of the Americas. Columbus’s voyage to the Americas was less of a struggle and more of a luxury, as his own journal reveals how enjoyable the trip was for him and his crew. His arrival demonstrates a similar story of effortless success, as Columbus and his crew set out to conquer the Arawaks with arms and swords that surpassed what the Indians had at the time. Columbus’s victory was so devastating for Indians that even those fleeing could not escape the volleys and dogs sent to them. His bold and harsh arrival to the Americas is, therefore, perfectly represented through a fist, because it highlights his ability to overpower the obstacles in his path (oceans and Indians) and use brute force to assert rule.

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When people imagine Christopher Columbus they picture the man who conquered, or “discovered”, America. If I were to build a historical monument dedicated to Columbus’ expedition I would design a mosaic that portrayed a different perspective of the discovery of the New World. The mosaic would be a landscape image of Columbus conquering the lands and exploiting its resources, also depicting the gruesome reality of how the Native Americans were treated. It would be a picture of Columbus and the Spaniards ordering the Natives as they walked in a single file line each carrying an extreme load of the materials that helped the revolutionize the European economy. The Native Americans would be wearing rags, while the Spaniards were dressed in the most luxurious fabrics. The single file line would represent the ruthless labor the Natives had to endure, while the Spaniards stood to the side observing. “To ensure cooperation, Columbus used punishment by example. When an Indian committed even a minor offense, the Spanish cut off his ears or nose.”

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas I would build one of him killing the Amerindians. Instead of being portrayed as a hero he would be shown as a villain, so that people could actually understand what he did, instead of believing what they learned in their 8th grade history class. This is because Columbus stole from the Indians and enslaved them when they did not give him the gold that he was seeking for. He also brought deadly diseases which killed most of the Amerindian population. Christopher Columbus does not deserve a positive monument even though he discovered the Americas for Eurasia.

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In order to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a statue that clearly represented a villain with a sword and a gold bag. Although it is not his fault that he spread all the diseases and wiped out the Amerindian population, he is still responsible for the mass killing and raping of the indigenous population. He murdered many people all for obtaining glory and wealth, while using his religion as an excuse to do so. The sword represents the thousands of lives he costed, the bag of gold represents the his greed for gold and silver, and the villain represents him as a person complete opposite from a hero. He is depicted as a great person for accidentally discovering America, but with the technology (compass and caravels to name a few) of their time, many others could have made the discovery while being less violent and destructive.

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To commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, the most appropriate monument would consist of a Columbus figure holding a whip to symbolize the harsh conditions that he had set for the indigenous peoples to set example by punishment. Furthermore, Columbus established order in the Americas by setting up rigid labor systems such as the encomienda system. This forced labor system was intended for Columbus to be able to return to Spain with a dividend of some form. Moreover, the encomienda system constituted for a decrease in the indigenous population, which was a long term effect from Columbus’ encounter. In addition, the native Americans had to endure suffering and oppressive slavery, thus making it appropriate to utilize a whip to represent Columbus’ effect on the Americas.

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If I was tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a large whip made of gold. The whip would represent Columbus and his dominance over the indigenous people living in the Americas at the time. He used force and terror to get things done, something that most people seem to overlook when first learning about the man who discovered the Americas. The whip also signifies the power of the English compared to that of the natives, which is evident as Columbus was able to easily establish the encomienda system and use advanced technology to get an edge over the Indians. The material of the whip would be gold because it is reflective of what Columbus really wished to get out of his time in the Americas. The article states the Columbus demanded gold as he was tasked by his home country to bring back valuables so it was clear he could not leave empty-handed.

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I would build a monument that had columbus with a sword about to behead a Native American. I believe this resembles Columbus’ efforts in the Americas because he came to this land as an intruder to the Natives. He began to execute and kick them out of their land to anyone who didn’t give him what he wanted, gold, or didn’t accept Jesus into their lives. Although he made a great voyage to the Americas, he caused unjust harm to the Natives.

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After Reading this article I came to realize that Columbus was nothing that I thought of him to be. I imagined heroic, discoverer of the new world, but instead I now know him as a murderer responsible for genocides of entire populations of native americans. So if I were to create a stature in his honor it would be of him in the nicest of clothes, holding a sword high in the air, above a bunch of small starved indians who look beaten and overworked. The statue may frighten people with the detail, but if that is what it takes to show people who he really was, then it is worth it.

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If I were tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a statue of him walking off of his boat onto land. This monument would also be built in his birth place in Italy. All of this would reflect how crucial his discovery of the Americas was on world history, and it would portray him in a neutral aspect so that his discovery would be celebrated instead of purely villainized.

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Personally if i was tasked to build a monument of Columbus I would build him standing tall with a pen and paper.

I choose him holding this because of his famous journal where he documented many of the Indians actions and their ways. Another reason he would hold a pen and paper was because of his many notes and the letters of his collages they wrote to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, for example the letter of  Pedro de Cordoba about how horrible Indian life was at the time the Spaniards came. Also, because of his Systems that Christoper used like the Tribute and encomienda systems which would be considered now as modern slavery. The pen  and paper could produce more horrible ideas and things that a sword would do.

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To commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a statue of Columbus standing over many laboring and suffering Native Americans in the Bahamas. Although this does seem very harsh, much of Columbus’ time in the Americas was spent oppressing the Native Americans because of duties he was assigned in Spain. Columbus had captured approximately 20 Natives, of which only a fraction survived, to bring back with him to Spain against their own will. Columbus had also implemented a tribute system and the encomienda system; both caused massive depopulation and suffering due to the hard labor. When the Natives were not compliant, Columbus and his men would mutilate or kill them simply for not agreeing to blindly serving them. The statue of Columbus would be of him looking domineering above slaving Natives connects to the historical evidence because of his harsh and insensitive treatment of the Native Americans.

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For Columbus’ efforts in the Americas I would build a sculpture of Columbus. Along to his side would be plenty of signs of how he got to the land. This includes why such as the gold and cross for the religion and of course a sword for showing the conquest of his journey. I would also display a large plaque of the true story, about/of facts. Regarding how he is not truly the hero as he regularly is known for. This monument would show his true personality on how his “heroic-ness” was actually torture for people. People had torture in their own homes so I would just keep it kind of sarcastic regarding his “great” accomplishment and discovery. The location should be in the middle of a park (preferably a historical one) so that people can walk by this statue and read the truth of Columbus to not only learn but realize that he is not the person who everybody recognizes him as.

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If I were to construct a monument commemorating Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, it would be a working Native Indian that was made of solid gold.  Columbus imposed his power in the Americas in order to generate a flow of revenue in the form of gold and other resources to Spain.  Forcing them to perform torturous amounts of labor, Columbus only saw the Indians as laborers, and the only value assigned to the Indians was the gold that they produced.  The encomienda system was instituted to increase the likelihood of the Indians producing, and the killing of the ones who could not produce shows that Columbus felt that that was all they were worth.  Thus, the monument commemorating Columbus’ efforts would be a Native Indian made of solid gold because Columbus’ laborers, the Native Indians, produced for him and only had relevance and worth if they did produce.

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To commemorate Columbus’ efforts, only a very small monument should be built to acknowledge his seafaring navigational skills.  This monument could be a miniscule plaque in a dingy nautical museum that displays the achievements of various sailors throughout history, such as Columbus, Balboa, or Dias.  Undoubtedly, Columbus was an accomplished seafarer.  With limited navigational tools, Columbus sailed into the unknown Atlantic Ocean aided only by three small boats and sizable crew.  Regardless of the technological drawbacks, Columbus was successful on reaching land with some of his crew and ships still standing.  However, if one were to commemorate a monument for Columbus for his deeds on “discovering America” such a monument should be nonexistent.  Foremost, Columbus did not even discover America; it was a chance encounter on his way looking for a shortcut from Europe to India for purely trading purposes.  It was rather the Vikings at Newfoundland that were the first Europeans to “discover” America, and they have been overshadowed by Columbus. In addition, once in contact with the Native Americans, Columbus only brought despair and disease upon the native populations.  While he did introduce sugarcane and horses that increased the standard of living for the Amerindians, doing so is quite marginal and overall the Native Americans only suffered since the arrival of Columbus.  Thus, Columbus should not be acknowledged for his chance encounter with America that he is so famously known for, and rather if he should be acknowledged for anything, only his seafaring skills should be accounted for.

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I would build a ship filled with weapons and death. Because of him finding out America, the Indians have had nothing but hardships and death for them by the hands of the colonists. In the discovery of America, Indians have been vulnerable to the attacks by those who have advanced technology. Many people believe that Columbus brought discovery through the ship but I believe he brought war instead even if it was not his initial desire.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts, it would simply be based on his recognized encounter of America, leading to the relationship between the Americas and Europe. The other things Columbus did should not be commemorated because they were either horrible or happened because of horrible details. Columbus’ only true accomplishment that did not happen because of forced labor and punishment was his introduction of America to Europe. To express this, I would display columbus with a symbol of the Americas in one hand and a symbol of Europe in the other. that would show that he is one of the larger connections between the Americas and Europe.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build a wall that has all of the names of people he killed (Native Americans) engraved on one side while the other side has a list of contributions he offered to Spain also engraved. The names of Native Americans will be written on one side of the wall to make sure people remember all of the crimes he committed against the innocent Indians. For example, he enslaved many of them and forced them to work very hard in mines. Those that didn’t comply were tortured and killed. Many Native Americans ended up committing suicide because of how horribly they were being treated. Even though Columbus was the cause of all this suffering and pain, he had his own reasons for doing this and that was to help Spain become more powerful. By taking control of the natives, he also gained power over Central America which enabled the Spanish to expand and become an empire. Through this land, they were able to gain gold, power, and expand Christianity by building missions and converting many of the Native Americans into Christianity.

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I would construct a statue of Columbus being gifted with a basket of cotton by a native, as this monument would help to showcase how Columbus had intended to utilize the natives, in systems such as the Encomienda system, as a means of obtaining wealth through the production of such resources like cotton and gold, both of which made him rich as well as Spain.

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I would build a monument with Christopher Columbus as the main focus, with a little model of america under his arm and dragging a native american along with him. This is because while he did only discover america, he also was the main catalyst that led to the conquering of Americas and the main thing that took place was the removal and enslavement of the native Americans while america became fully under European control/dominance.

He took america from the native Americans and actually used the native Americans to help him do it, however they were just a building block. He was a source of great discoveries and trade and commerce and growth and wealth, and as a European he took america as him own, but used the existing population to increase his power and influence.