The
ancestors of most of the people in Latin America were mixed since it was colonized
from different countries especially, Christopher Columbus (1450-1506), an
Italian crusader who is tasked to look for Asia from Europe starting on the
west direction. His conquests during 15th to 20th century
in Asia, Australia, United States and Atlantic made new discoveries and
colonies crediting him as the explorer of the ‘New World’ or the ‘Age of
Discovery’. His conquests were very much celebrated however there also negative
effects on the system instilled on the newly-discovered places such as slavery,
diseases, illiteracy, rape and death.
