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Title: Christopher Columbus


1
Christopher Columbus
  • Presented By Kimberly Edelmann and Allison McGhee

2
Christophers Life
  • Born 1451, Genoa
  • Died May 20, 1506 Valladolid
  • Full Name Cristoforo Columbo
  • Children Diego Colon, Ferdinand Columbus
  • Parents Susanna Fontanarossa, Domenico Columbo
  • Siblings Bartholomew Columbus, Giacomo Columbus,
    Bianchinetta Columbis, Giovanna Pellegrino
    Culumbus.

3
Represented Country
  • Christopher Columbus was hoping to find some
    trade routes to India.
  • The Country Columbus represented was Spain.

4
Voyages
  • Christopher Columbus had 4 voyages.
  • The First Voyage he went to southern Spain on
    August 3, 1492.
  • The Second Voyage, he hoped to land in Hispaniola
    March of 1493.
  • The Third Voyage was to The
  • New World on May 30,
  • 1498 to October, 1500.
  • The Fourth Voyage was to also
  • to The New World.

5
Columbus Ships
  • The Nina
  • The Pinta
  • The Santa Maria

6
Why did Columbus go on his four voyages?
  • Christopher went on his four voyages to find
    another route to Asia.

7
The parts of the World Columbus traveled,
  • The American Continents.
  • Hispaniola
  • The European colonization of what became The New
    World.

8
Facts about Columbus
  • Half of his Voyages ended in disaster.
  • He was very religious.
  • He never believed he had found The New World.
  • No one really knows where his remains are.

9
Websites we used
  • Google Christopher Columbus Timeline
  • Christopher Columbus Parents
  • Columbus Biography
  • Answers.com
  • Wikipedia
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