Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus an Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer. He was born in Genoa, Italy,1451 and as a teenager he travelled the sea. His carer in exploration started when he was young. He came to believe that by sailing west through the Atlantic Ocean it would be a faster and more efficient way to reach east Asia. He believed with all his heart that this was true and after ten years of asking the kings of Portugal, England and France to finance his trip then finally, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain financed his trip westward, in hope of acquiring wealth. On the 3rd of August, 1492 Columbus set sail and left Palos,Spain with his crew and three ships; the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
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On the 12th of October, Columbus and his crew arrived in the new world. He literally believed that he had actually landed on one of the spice islands which is a group of islands in Asia but, indeed actually he landed on one of the Bahamas and also visited Cuba and Hispaniola. Since he thought that he had truly landed on one of the spice islands he called the native "Indies". He began his trip back in January, 1493 and returned to Palos in March. The return of Columbus strick excitement in Spain but, yet in Portuguese they were not convinced that Columbus had reached Asia and still believed that in order to reach Asia you have to go around Africa. Christopher Columbus had made one of the greatest discoveries in history and he believed until death(May,20,1506,Valladolid,Spain) that he had in counted Asia.
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