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Christopher Columbus By Joshua Reed

Christopher Columbus By Joshua Reed Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in the year 1451 in Genoa Italy

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Christopher Columbus

By Joshua Reed

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in the year 1451 in Genoa Italy

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus loved to sail and started sailing when he was 13

years old

Christopher Columbus

In the 1400’s Europe traded with the Far East, they traded for :

• Spices• Jewels• Gold• Ivory• Pearls• Silk

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The trade route was blocked in the 1400’s so explorers were sailing

around the tip of Africa to get to the Far East.

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Christopher Columbus wanted to find a way to trade in the far east by

traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean.

                                             

                            

                                                                     

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In order to do this he tried for many years to convince the King Ferdinand

and

Queen Isabella of Spain to pay for the trip

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In order to convince them he promised to gather great riches and spread Christianity to other lands

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In 1492 Christopher Columbus left Spain with 90 men and 3 ships. The Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Christopher sailed on the Santa

Maria

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Christopher Columbus landed and discovered America on October 12, 1492. At first he thought it was the

Far East.

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When Christopher returned to Spain this now started more travels and explorers in the Atlantic Ocean

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Christopher Columbus traveled across the Atlantic 4 more times and

discovered many lands

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Christopher Columbus Discovered• Trinidad

• South America• Dominican Republic

• Haiti• Puerto Rico

• Jamaica• Costa Rica

• Panama

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Christopher Columbus died May 20, 1506 in Spain.

Christopher ColumbusDid you know?

• That it is a myth that the people believed the world was flat

• The Atlantic Ocean was known as the Ocean Sea

• That Christopher Columbus was not the first person to find America, but he was the first to discover and return to America