Usuku lweColumbus, owaziwa ngokuba yiMveli yaseMelika
Ngo-Oktobha 12 (okanye ngoMvulo osondeleyo kuwo) ugujwa ngokuqhelekileyo kuwo wonke amazwe aseMerika njengoko uChristopher Columbus wafika ngo-1492.
Kwamazwe akhuluma isiNgesi, imini ibhiyozelwa njengoSuku lweColumbus okanye iMveli yaseMelika. Emazweni athetha isiSpanish kunye noluntu, uyaziwa ngokuba nguDía de la Raza , uMhla woMkhosi.
I-Día de la Raza yimbhiyozo yelifa laseSpanike yaseLatin America kwaye izisa kuyo yonke inkcubeko kunye neenkcubeko ezichaphazelayo ukwenza ukuba zihluke.
Ubhiyozelwa ngo-Oktobha 12 e-Argentina, eChile, eCosta Rica, e-Ecuador, eHonduras, eMexico, e-Uruguay naseVenezuela.
Iimbali ezimbalwa zembali emva kweholide:
- UCristóbal Colón, owazalwa uCristoforo Colombo, elandela ingcamango esandul 'ingqalelo yokuba ihlabathi lijikelezileyo kwaye lingahlali, lisuka entshonalanga lisuka eSpeyin ukufumana indlela entsha eya eChina okanye e-East Indies. Kwakhona wayefuna ukubonisa ubungqina bakhe bomhlaba.
- Wayekho ekubaleni kwaye akafumananga indlela entsha yesiphelo. Kunoko, ngo-Oktobha 12, ngo-1492, yena kunye neenqwelo zakhe ezincinci zeenqanawa ezintathu, i-Niña, iPinta kunye ne-Santa Maria, zafika kwesinye seziqithi ezibizwa ngokuba yiBahamas. Isiqithi esiqingqileyo singumcimbi wempikiswano kunye neengcamango, kodwa ukusuka apho, waya eCuba nase-Hispaniola, ngoku eyiRiphabliki yaseDominican naseHaiti, waza wabuyela eSpeyin ukuba achaze izinto zakhe.
- Ngemvume yobukhosi kunye nemali, wabeka ngo-1493 ngeenqwelo zeenqwelo ezili-17 waza wabuyela ekuhambeni kwakhe kwangaphambili. Ngeli xesha wahlola iPuerto Rico kunye neIeweward Islands, wasungula i-coloni e-Hispaniola. Akafumananga naluphi na iziqholo, okanye igolide eninzi, kodwa wabuyela eSpeyin. Wenza uhambo lwakhe lwesithathu waya kwihlabathi elitsha ngo-1498, apho wahlola khona inxweme yaseVenezuela kwaye wayethuswa ngamanzi amnandi e-Orinoco apho yawela khona e-Atlantic.
- Ngenxa yemigudu yakhe, uColumbus wenziwa i-admiral kunye neRhuluneli Jikelele yamacoloni amatsha de wabuyela eSpeyin ngokuhlazola ngo-1500. Wawunqoba ukuthotywa ngokuthotywa ngokwaneleyo ukwenza uhambo lwesine kunye lokugqibela ngo-1502, ukufika eKosta Rica. Xa wafa ngo-1506, uColumbus wahlaziswa kwaye bonke bayalilibala. Ingaba ufanele abhiyozelwe njengendoda evulekileyo eMbindi naseMzantsi Melika ukuba ihlolisise kunye nekoloniyoni, okanye ikhutshwe ngenxa yento enye ingxoxo eqhubekayo.
- UChristopher Columbus kunye neColumbus Day bahlaselwa kwiindawo ngenxa yokuba bephethe ububi bekhoboka, inkqubo ye- encomienda kunye nezifo zaseYurophu ukuya eLatin America. Wayekhohlakele, wayenenkohlakalo kwaye wayifaka indlela yokulwa.
Ngoku, iminyaka engama-500 kunye neminyaka kamva, sikhumbula izenzo zakhe kwaye asibhiyozeli uColumbus indoda, kodwa izenzo kunye nempembelelo yabantu bonke abaza emva kwakhe, ababethelela inkcubeko yabo yaseYurophu kunye neenkcubeko zemveli kunye, kunye nobunzima, igazi kunye neminyaka imfazwe, ukungaqondani kunye nokukhohlisa, zenze iindawo ezininzi zenkcubeko, iintlanga ezininzi esizibhiyozelayo kunye neDía de la Raza .
Qaphela: Kwaye kwabanye ukubiza iindawo apho wayeye khona okanye ukufumana indlela eya eChina. U-Amerigo Vespucci ogama lakhe linguVenezuela u-Venice wakhe wase-Venice, kunye noVasco da Gama bahamba ngeenxa yeCape of Good Hope kunye ne-Indian Ocean ukuya kwiMpuma Ekude, bavula i-Spice Route ePortugal.