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Love him or hate him, Columbus is a great place to start our Fall Semester of American History.
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"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
Yeah we out that Dark Age, cruising through the Renaissance
Ever since the Crusades, Asian goods what we want
Friends of the Venetians, Ottomans’ got routes to there
But Venice ain’t gonna share, Prince Henry he don’t care
School of Navigation, Henry starts in Portugal to
Sail the sea of darkness, African coast, Bartolomeu
Dias goes from Lisbon, south to the Cape of Storms
Later comes de Gama to Calicut, eastern sea route’s born
Ask me how they do that, the astrolabe
Latitude we know, longitude, for that, we pray
But we got the best maps, better cartography
Learned it from the Muslims, speak of them, they had to flee
After Granada, the Reconquista
Finally complete, Ferd and Is looking east-a
Want a trade route, oh so very desperately
They would fund my 3 ships setting sail westernly to the
New World, continents I mistook for Asia
In 1492
This is a New World?
Wait, is this not Indonesia
Oh well, guess it will do
I found a New World, New World, New World
It didn’t take long ‘til others seeking fortune came
Conquistadors with their swords seeking gold and fame
Natives think the are gods, or is that a rumor
Aztecs, look out! Cortez coming, ganking Montezuma
Atahualpa’s kidnapped, ransom paid but it’s a trap
Francisco Pizarro got Inca in his grasp
With their guns, and cannons, better run, from these men
But no feet are outrunning the diseases that they brought with them
And millions fall dead, millions more are enslaved
Forced to mine for silver and gold, dig their own graves
Encomienda says it’s right, it’s all okay
If you making Christians, you can have ‘em as slaves
Bartolomé de las Casas
Says this is evil, vosotros, please stop this
Others will cross the sea, to get in the game
For now colonies are all part of New Spain
Here comes Portugal trying to get some
Pope draws a line of demarcation
Amerigo Vespucci makes it clear
This is better than Asia
This is a new tierra, tierra
New World, soon comes Cabot, Cartier, Hudson,
Everybody wants some
Piece of the New World
Still I was first European
Don’t count Leif Erikson
To reach the New World, New World, New World
Love him or hate him, Columbus is a great place to start our Fall Semester of American History.
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Support MrBettsClass at patreon.com/MrBettsClass
MrBettsClass T-Shirt: redbubble.com/people/mrbettsclass/works/24037958-mr-betts-class-official-t-shirt?asc=u
Historical Parody/Skits every Thursday
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/MrBettsClass
Instagram: instagram.com/MrBettsClass
Like on FaceBook: facebook.com/MrBettsClass
"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
Yeah we out that Dark Age, cruising through the Renaissance
Ever since the Crusades, Asian goods what we want
Friends of the Venetians, Ottomans’ got routes to there
But Venice ain’t gonna share, Prince Henry he don’t care
School of Navigation, Henry starts in Portugal to
Sail the sea of darkness, African coast, Bartolomeu
Dias goes from Lisbon, south to the Cape of Storms
Later comes de Gama to Calicut, eastern sea route’s born
Ask me how they do that, the astrolabe
Latitude we know, longitude, for that, we pray
But we got the best maps, better cartography
Learned it from the Muslims, speak of them, they had to flee
After Granada, the Reconquista
Finally complete, Ferd and Is looking east-a
Want a trade route, oh so very desperately
They would fund my 3 ships setting sail westernly to the
New World, continents I mistook for Asia
In 1492
This is a New World?
Wait, is this not Indonesia
Oh well, guess it will do
I found a New World, New World, New World
It didn’t take long ‘til others seeking fortune came
Conquistadors with their swords seeking gold and fame
Natives think the are gods, or is that a rumor
Aztecs, look out! Cortez coming, ganking Montezuma
Atahualpa’s kidnapped, ransom paid but it’s a trap
Francisco Pizarro got Inca in his grasp
With their guns, and cannons, better run, from these men
But no feet are outrunning the diseases that they brought with them
And millions fall dead, millions more are enslaved
Forced to mine for silver and gold, dig their own graves
Encomienda says it’s right, it’s all okay
If you making Christians, you can have ‘em as slaves
Bartolomé de las Casas
Says this is evil, vosotros, please stop this
Others will cross the sea, to get in the game
For now colonies are all part of New Spain
Here comes Portugal trying to get some
Pope draws a line of demarcation
Amerigo Vespucci makes it clear
This is better than Asia
This is a new tierra, tierra
New World, soon comes Cabot, Cartier, Hudson,
Everybody wants some
Piece of the New World
Still I was first European
Don’t count Leif Erikson
To reach the New World, New World, New World
