Christopher Columbus Presentation Script:

Slide 1:

Christopher Columbus. The most remarkable Renaissance man.

Slide 2:

He was: determined, adventurous and talented as he wanted to find the sea routes to the East and explorer a new route to the Far East, India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands. He went exploring.

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1: In Aug. 3, 1492, he sailed from Palos, Spain.

2: In Oct 1493 he sailed from Cádiz. Then sailed off in the summer in 1494 to explore the southern coast of Cuba (in the Northern America continent).

3: Finally he reached the mainland, Venezuela. And many completed many more expeditions.

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Leonardo Da Vinci was jailed for 2 months over charges of sleeping with a young male prostitute.

Nicolaus Copernicus failed to explain the differences in brightness of Venus, made no observations, stated no common rules.

Niccolo Machiavelli: His book: The Prince was selfish and a disobedient behavioural criticism of political leaders. Enfield declared that, since Machiavelli was an enemy of cruelness in his actual conduct, The Prince was intended to ‘pull off the mask from the face of trouble/ complication’.

Michel A: Was the really grumpy, silent artist who was sly and secretive. And jealous of Leonardo D.V and Rafael.

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Occurs yearly on a Monday in October.