Question

1. explain how audience affects the way Christopher Columbus writes about his voyage.

Answer 1

Answer:

Christopher Columbus wrote about his voyage to an audience of European officials and merchants. By keeping his audience in his mind, he wrote as a businessperson perceiving to acquire financial aid from his audience.

Explanation:

Christopher Columbus sailed to explore the lands of East, particularly India. But his ship made landfall on the Bahamas island in 1492. After reaching the island, he wrote letter to European officials and merchants informing them about his state on the newly found land.

His letters were particularly to the audience which includes European official as in Luis de Santángel. Luis de Santángel was an European official positioned as the Crown of Aragon at that time. He also sent the copies to merchants as well. The audience of Columbus's letter played vital role in the way he wrote letters, because he wrote as a businessman, detailing about the inhabitants and exaggerating about things, to earn financial aid for his voyage from these wealthy people.