Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. His father was a weaver. He got inspired to explore by reading a book by Marco Polo. He went on his first voyages as a teenager on trading expeditions. On his very first voyage he almost died when enemy pirates attacked his ship. He escaped by swimming to the Portuguese shore. In Portugal, he married a woman named Felipa Perestrello and they had a son named Diego. Felipa died shortly after the baby was born and Columbus moved to Spain.
Many years later, Columbus wanted to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to find money, and to help spread his religion. He first went to the leaders of Portugal to ask for money to pay for his mission, but they did not agree. So, Columbus went to Genoa and then Venice asking for their support, but they rejected him too. Finally, he went to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, looking for their support, and they rejected him at first. But, after six years they finally agreed that he should do it. In August of 1492, Columbus traveled with 90 men in 3 ships - the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He managed to make it to San Salvador - present-day Bahamas - he was the first European to make it to the Bahamas.
In San Salvador he met the Taino Indians who were open to trading with them. They welcomed them with a feast. The natives were kind of shy, …show more content…
He did not reach his own goals because he traveled to other lands, but he never made it to India, and he never found great amounts of money. His exploration had a destructive effect on the natives in the lands he explored because the Europeans brought diseases that killed many of them, and they took many of their natural resources away from them. The natives were mostly wiped out. Christopher Columbus and the other people of Spain did not move to the new land, and the leaders of Spain were not very impressed with Columbus’s
Many years later, Columbus wanted to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to find money, and to help spread his religion. He first went to the leaders of Portugal to ask for money to pay for his mission, but they did not agree. So, Columbus went to Genoa and then Venice asking for their support, but they rejected him too. Finally, he went to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, looking for their support, and they rejected him at first. But, after six years they finally agreed that he should do it. In August of 1492, Columbus traveled with 90 men in 3 ships - the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He managed to make it to San Salvador - present-day Bahamas - he was the first European to make it to the Bahamas.
In San Salvador he met the Taino Indians who were open to trading with them. They welcomed them with a feast. The natives were kind of shy, …show more content…
He did not reach his own goals because he traveled to other lands, but he never made it to India, and he never found great amounts of money. His exploration had a destructive effect on the natives in the lands he explored because the Europeans brought diseases that killed many of them, and they took many of their natural resources away from them. The natives were mostly wiped out. Christopher Columbus and the other people of Spain did not move to the new land, and the leaders of Spain were not very impressed with Columbus’s