This is Christopher Columbus. He was a was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He had 3 brothers; Bartholomew, Giacomo, and Giovanni Columbus. He also had 1 sister; Bianchinetta Columbus. His dad was Domenico Columbus, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa.
Columbus had 3 ships; La Pinta, La Niña, and Santa Maria.In 1492, Columbus sailed from Spain with three ships. Two of the ships, the Niña and the Pinta were small caravels. The third ship, the Santa Maria, was a larger type of ship, a carrack, and was captained by Columbus. The ships were from 15 to 36 meters long.
This is a diagram of his ship The Santa Maria. In this picture it shows what was all on the ship.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. When he was younger he sailed on trading ships. Christopher Columbus wanted to apply his sailing skills and use them to find a water route to Asia. During his time silks and spices from India/Asia traveled over land or by a long water route that traveled around the tip of Africa. Columbus believed that instead of sailing east as other sailors had done that he could sail west and find a shorter water route to Asia.
- Water
- Dried meats
- Live pigs and hens to be eaten later
- Rice
- Cheese
- Figs
- Maps
- Compasses
- Astrolabes
- Hourglasses
- Gold
- Silver
- Glass beads
- Caps
- Pearls
- Spices
• Columbus proved that it was possible to cross the Atlantic Ocean and back.
• Columbus founded the first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere,
Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
• Columbus was the first to open relations between Europe and the Western Hemisphere. His
voyages mark the beginning of more than 500 years of cultural, economic and political relations between Europe and the Americas.
• The recorded history of the Western Hemisphere begins with Columbus. There was no written history about these vast continents before his arrival in 1492
• Columbus founded the first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere,
Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
• Columbus was the first to open relations between Europe and the Western Hemisphere. His
voyages mark the beginning of more than 500 years of cultural, economic and political relations between Europe and the Americas.
• The recorded history of the Western Hemisphere begins with Columbus. There was no written history about these vast continents before his arrival in 1492