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= = = = =The Amazing Super De Dooper Treasure Chest.=



I was walking in the park, and I saw a small intresting bird. I followed the bird to my house. Inside my house, it led me to my living room, and there was a small treasure chest. I opened it and I found a journal and some articals. The journal said //Christopher Columbus’s journal// on it. These items were Primary Resources for //Christopher Columbus!// There were 4 articles and journals in the chest.

First I read [|Christopher Columbus's letter] to Lord Raphael Sanchez. This letter was very intreseting! Christopher was telling Lord Raphael Sanchez about what he had descoverd in the new land. He also described the hardships he had. Here is an exert from what I read. "T//hirty-three days after my departure from Cadiz I reached the Indian sea, where I discovered many islands, thickly peopled, of which I took possession without resistance in the name of our most illustrious Monarch, by public proclamation and with unfurled banners. To the first of these islands, which is called by the Indians Guanahani, I gave the name of the blessed Saviour (San Salvador), relying upon whose protection I had reached this as well as the other islands; to each of these I also gave a name, ordering that one should be called Santa Maria de la Concepcion, another Fernandina, the third Isabella, the fourth Juana, and so with all the rest respectively.//" After I read this intresting letter I looked for another item in the treasure chest.

I picked up part of a journal. It was titled[| Christopher Columbus, Journal (1492]). This was a very important primary source. It talked about what Columbus saw. As he states "And for this purpose I thought of writing on this whole voyage, very diligently, all that I would do and see and experience, as will be seen further along" I think about it and the fact that this was written by Columbus overwhelms me. I decide that I should smart and preserve it by donating it to a local museum.

After I was came back from the museum I opened the tresure chest and took out the [|third letter.] The letter was entiltled Christopher Columbus letter to the king and queen of spain. I stood there holding this paper in amazement! I was holding the acual letter. I gently held it and started to read it. This item was a great example of Christopher's faith. He states //" I beg your Highnesses to hold me in your protection; and I remain, praying our Lord God for your Highnesses' lives and the increase of much greater States."// I thought that was really cool, how he professes his faith. I put the document back in the treaure chest. And I grabbed another document.

[|This was a notebook titled Journal of Christopher Columbus 1492.] The journal was filled with intresting facts and events that happed to christopher columbus. Here is part of what he wrote " //Monday, 6 August. The rudder of the caravel Pinta became loose, being broken or unshipped. It was believed that this happened by the contrivance of Gomez Rascon and Christopher Quintero, who were on board the caravel, because they disliked the voyage. The Admiral says he had found them in an unfavorable disposition before setting out. He was in much anxiety at not being able to afford any assistance in this case, but says that it somewhat quieted his apprehensions to know that Martin Alonzo Pinzon, Captain of the Pinta, was a man of courage and capacity. Made a progress, day and night, of twenty-nine leagues.// " This showed me the great stuggles and hardships that he had to go through. I looked at the journal and it seemed to be it good condition. That was amazing! I didn't know what to do with it so i put it in my pocket.

I shut the treasure chest and went to bed. When I woke up, I did my laundry. I ate breakfast and then I remembered, I left Christopher Columbus's Journal in the pocket of the jeans that I washed!! I ran and took the jeans out. The journal was a compleate mess and so were my jeans. I cried for almost two hours and then I set the joural out to dry. While it was drying I thought about how important primary sources are. If you have a secondary sorce it could have translation errors, or a differant point of view, rather than what the the real source was trying to show you. After Columbus's Journal dried, I went to put it in the tresure chest. I looked around and my teasure chest was gone!