Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus

• 1451-1506
• By Brycen Brumfield and Miles Cornwell

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Early Life

• Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451, son of a wool
  merchant.
• Worked on a merchant ship as a teenager.
• Went to school at Lisbon, where he studied
  mathematics, astronomy, cartography, and
  navigation.

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First Voyage

• On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail
  on three ships. Those ships were the Nina, the
  Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
• Columbus decided to sail west across the
  Atlantic, unlike many other explorers.

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First Voyage (continued)

• On October 12, 1492, Columbus reached land, what
  he assumed was Asia, yet it was the Bahamian
  Islands.
• Columbus couldnt find the riches he promised his
  crew.
• In March of 1493, he left 40 of his men in a
  settlement on Hispaniola and returned to Spain.

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Later Voyages

• In September of 1493, Columbus returned to the
  Americas, where he found the Hispaniola
  settlement destroyed.
• Columbus left his two brothers behind to rebuild
  the settlement with his crew and many enslaved
  natives.

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Later Voyages (continued)

• In May of 1498, Columbus sailed for the third
  time to the Americas.
• Colonists started a bloody revolt, and Columbus
  was arrested and returned to Spain.
• In 1502, Columbus took one last trip, where he
  abandoned two of his four ships from an attack of
  natives.

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Facts About Columbus

• Columbus took four trips across the Atlantic
  Ocean from Spain.
• Columbus accidentally found the Americas, but he
  did not discover it.
• Columbuss journeys marked the beginning of
  centuries of trans-Atlantic conquest and
  colonization.

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Websites Used

• http//www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId2
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