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Christopher Columbus. By: Graham and Max. Christopher Columbus’s youth. Born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy (a small port in Italy) Died May 20 th ,1506 Christopher became a sailor at age 14 He originally was going to be sponsored by Portugal. Who did Christopher Sail for???. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By: Graham and Max
Born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy (a small port in Italy)
Died May 20th ,1506 Christopher became a sailor at age
14 He originally was going to be
sponsored by Portugal
He Sailed for Spain. What was the motive behind him
sailing? To Spread holiness and wealth
The boats that the King and Queen provided him with were the; Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria
Sailed years of 1492-1506 Christopher Columbus sailed 5
voyages throughout his life for Spain
Columbus found Cuba and the West Indies
Columbus claimed the island of San Salvador
Columbus gave American-Indians to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to use as slaves
And while he was there looked for gold
In 1493 Columbus returned to the Caribbean and set up a Spanish colony on the island of Hispaniola. But a Indian tribe was all ready there, their name was thee Arawaks. Columbus believed that the Arawaks were very gentle, the Arawaks said they wanted to cause no harm and wanted peace with the Europeans. But the sailors didn’t. The sailors stole from the Arawaks. And many sailors took the Arawaks back to Spain and sold them as slaves. The Arawaks also caught European diseases which their body could not fight and they would die from it. 50 years after Columbus’s arrival nearly all the Arawaks of Hispaniola were dead.
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