The Columbus Voyage: Journal Entries
Eighth grade, American History, (again.) The assignment this time was to write as a crewman onboard the Columbus in his voyage to the 'new world'. This included three journal entries, of which I have posted here. It was a small assignment, but still recieved an 'A'. |
Dear Journal:
Today was cool and breezy. They say we should be there in a
couple weeks. We are starting to run out of food. The ship is 80
ft long. There are ninety men and three ships total. Some of our
men are starting to get sick. Hopefully, I will be able to write
again soon. Good night.
Dear Journal:
Today was very cold. Well, that is what I heard. You see, I am on
night shift so I sleep though the day. Men are still seasick.
Columbus is being so hard on us. We almost threw him off the
ship, but we remembered he is the only one who knows the way back.
Remember when I said that we should be there in a couple of
weeks? Well, It has been three weeks, and there is still no sight
of land. I just hope we sight it soon.
Dear Journal:
Well, we made it today. It's been two months but we finally made
it. When we stepped off of the ship to land, it felt sort of
funny since the land wasn't moving. Columbus stuck the flag into
the ground and claimed the land for Spain. Everyone cheered. The
people we saw were strange looking. They were wearing no cloths!
They were holding gold and acting as if it was nothing, but they
probably used to be rich. Well, tomorrow we scout the land, so I
had better get to bed. Good night.