Chrisopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 at Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of the five children in the family. His father was a wool merchant and a weaver. Christopher’s education ended at the age of 14, which then turned into an explorer. He tried for eight years to change the minds of kings and queens to give him money for food and ships so he could find a new route to Chine. Columbus persuaded King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to give him money. In return he promised to give them new lands, spices, money, and new people to become Christian.
Columbus explored the west four times. He thought he reached India, but it was really the West Indies in Portugual. On Columbus’s first voyage there were 90 crew members and 3 ships. They set sail on August 3rd 1492. The three ships were the Pinta, Santa Clara (nicknamed Nina), and the Santa Maria. The Santa Maria was wrecked on Christmas Eve near Haiti. On October 11,1492, him and his crew s...