Normally when travelling to new lands, European explorers would use traders from states along the way to translate for them on their arrival. Yet when Columbus made his way to the Americas, there were no such people on the way. So how did Columbus communicate with Native Americans? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Daniel Galgano Fox2012 Sergio M. Vela Heath Robertson Ethan Godden Southside Mitch Hasmuffin John Azlow the Lion Ryan Schindeler Andrew Partington Michael Kram Franco La Bruna Robyn Kitchen Chase Labiste Christopher Lichtenberg sharpie660 Dan Reiher Brian Giordano Robert Brockway Phil and Lisa Toland kevinh Alex Teplyakov Juan Castillo Hedrin Jeremy Arghhhhh Ian Smith Paul Franche Scott P Leena Al-Souki Porkmeister Mickey Landen Oliver Jenner David Brown So long, john Tino James Nile Ian Jensen Richard Wolfe Kevin Phoenix Nicholas Menghini Aaron Conaway אורי פרקש Adrian Marine Tyler Jenkins Shawn Morse Victor Warmflash Chris Weisel Andreas Mosand Clayton Schuman Alex G. Dexter_McAaron Pat Stahl Dana Spurgeon Dullis anon Curt Helmerich zockotron Joseph Reinsch Dragan KNSTRKTVST Alexander Washofsky Burt Clothier Marty Myers Ainar Garipov John Garcia Mantodea Qi Xiao Benjamin Bowring Wolf Andrew Niedbala Tat Tvam Asi Alex Kihurani SirAlpaka Ryan Haber Jeremy Riley davidson Heytun Joel Cromwell Justin Pratt epic4 Cody Yarger Robert Mitchell Matthew Hogan Scott O'Donnell Bernardo Santos Wilhelm Screamer Mik Scheper Steven Gibson Matthew Toles Yuichiro Kakutani Käs Zach Rust Hexapuma Roan Haggerty Snowdon BattleGoat Studios Nathan Snyder Keith A. Layton Tristan Kreller Mars Project Ja