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Christopher Columbus
Biographical Data
• Born: 1451 in Genoa, Italy• Died: May 20, 1506 in
Valladolid, Spain• Sent by Queen Isabella and
King Ferdinand of Spain
Reason for ExploringChristopher Columbus was an ambitious and talented
navigator.
He decided to sail west as he was sure that our planet was round.
He believed a shorter route to Asia could be found by sailing westward instead of around Africa.
Columbus not only discovered a New World, but he led the way for other explorers.
He had not found India, but in fact a new land, land that is now known as North America.
Columbus Setting Sail in 1492
• Christopher Columbus departed on his first journey in search of a quicker route to Asia.
• Columbus was sent by Ferdinand V and Isabella, the king and queen of Castile, who sponsored his first expedition.
He sailed from Spain in 1492 with three ships, the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa
Maria.
Christopher Columbus’sFirst Voyage * August 3, 1492
• Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain.
• He arrives in the West Indies and lands on the island of San Salvador on October 12, 1492.
• He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there "Indians".
• It was America – Central America
Christopher Columbus’sSecond Voyage * September 25, 1493
Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain.
He explores the islands of
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.
He returns to Spain in June 1496.
Christopher Columbus’sThird Voyage * May 30, 1498
Columbus leaves from Sanlucar, Spain.
He finally lands on the mainland of South
America. (Present-day Venezuela)
Christopher Columbus’sFourth Voyage * May 9, 1502
Columbus leaves on his final voyage from Cadiz, Spain.
Columbus investigates the Central American Coast.
He sails along the coasts of what are now Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Columbus’s high voyage
Columbus sailed along the coasts of what are now:
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
At the narrowest part of the isthmus of Panama, Columbus missed the chance to
become the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
