Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus
In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus
sailed the ocean blue.
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Objectives

• Know background information on Christopher
  Columbus
• Understand what he did and why
• Understand the it effect it had

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Who was Columbus?

• Was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451
• Worked with his father until the age of 22 then
  set out to follow his dream of becoming a sea
  captain
• Columbus began to educate himself learning to
  read and speak Portuguese and Latin. He read many
  geography books trying gather all the information
  he could about the world.

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Who was Columbus?

• He became a chart maker himself and because of
  these studies became convinced that the world was
  spherical, round instead of flat.
• In 1479 Columbus married Dona Felipa Perestrello,
  whose father had been one of Prince Henry
  Navigator's captains. His wife's social rank
  opened doors for Columbus.
• They had one child named Diego

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What did he Want to do?

• Asia offered many goods Europeans wanted but
  traveling east to get them was difficult and
  dangerous.  
• Columbus wanted to discover the much sought to
  route to the east that would open up a lucrative
  trade.  He believed there was a better way to
  find it then traveling around the tip of Africa

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What did he do?

• He believed by sailing west 3000 miles across the
  Atlantic Ocean that he would come full circle
  and  end up in Asia without having to go south
  and east.
• After being rejected many times he finally
  convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance
  him and at dawn on Aug. 3, 1492, the three ships
  (the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria) set sail.

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Finding Land

• October 12, 1492,  a seaman aboard the Pinta,
  spotted land. 
• Columbus actually had landed among the Bahama
  Islands. He named this land San Salvador,
  claiming it in the name of Spain. This NEW World
  would lead to the settlement by Europeans of the
  continents of North and South America.

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Life on the Ship

• Life on the ships was hard work. They didnt have
  many supplies They were constantly battling
  sickness and disease.
• The menu for seamen consisted of
• -Water -Cheese -Beans
• -Vinegar -Fish -Sardines
• -Wine -Rice -Anchovies
• -Olive oil -Lentils -Salted meats
• Food, mostly boiled, was served in a large wooden
  bowl. Sailors would attack it , picking it with
  their fingers as they had no forks or spoons.

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The Effect

• Finding the New World changed history and our
  lives forever.
• Columbus' expedition was unique and important in
  that it resulted in the first mixing of Europeans
  with the America and its people, resulting in the
  first permanent European colonies in the New
  World.
• Paved the way for other explorers

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Works Cited

• http//sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/columbus.htm
• http//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1033.html
• http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colum
  bus.html
• http//wilstar.com/holidays/columbus.html
• http//rats2u.com/clipart/holidays/clipartholiday4
  .htm
• http//www.freefever.com/graphics/columbusday/clip
  art.html

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Christopher ColumbusCrossword Puzzle
Down 3 The largest boat 7 Saw after sailing 33
days 9 Continent he discovered 10 Another name
for boat
Across 1 Bigger than lake or river 2 2nd
largest of Columbuss boat 4 Dropped to hold
boat 5 Body of water Columbus crossed 6
Discovered new world 8 Smallest boat