Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus

• By Joshua Reed

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Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus was born in the year 1451 in
  Genoa Italy

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Christopher Columbus

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

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Christopher Columbus

• In the 1400s Europe traded with the Far East,
  they traded for
• Spices
• Jewels
• Gold
• Ivory
• Pearls
• Silk

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Christopher Columbus

• The trade route was blocked in the 1400s so
  explorers were sailing around the tip of Africa
  to get to the Far East.

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Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus wanted to find a way to
  trade in the far east by traveling west across
  the Atlantic Ocean.

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Christopher Columbus

• 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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Christopher Columbus

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

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Christopher Columbus

• 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

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

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Christopher Columbus

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

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Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus traveled across the Atlantic
  4 more times and discovered many lands

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Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus Discovered
• Trinidad
• South America
• Dominican Republic
• Haiti
• Puerto Rico
• Jamaica
• Costa Rica
• Panama

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Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus died May 20, 1506 in Spain.

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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