What is Christopher Columbus known for?

Answer 1

Some people may think because he " discovered America". The risk was not being able to reach the East Indies with the ships available at the time. He did reveal the existence of peoples living in the Caribbean. He never set foot or even saw the shore of what is now Mexico or the United States.

Answer 2

Born in October 1451, Christopher Columbus is the famous Italian explorer who is credited with discovering the American Continent. Setting sail for Asia in 1492, Christopher Columbus reached San Salvador near the present day Bahama Islands on October 12th 1492.

Answer 3

Columbus DID NOT DISCOVER AMERICA.

Columbus found an island called Hispaniola and never did close to North America. He was trying to find a route to India. For the rest of his life he thought he had actually found India, but never knew how close he was to a real discovery.

The Vikings are now thought to originally discovered America 500 years long before any Europeans or Spanish discovered it.

Columbus also started the beginning of the Age of Exploration.

Answer 4

Accidental Explorations

(alternate answer) Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to the Caribbean, in the year 1942; he was among the earliest European explorers of the Western Hemisphere, and his travels led to an age of Spanish colonialism in the region that is now known as Latin America (curiously enough, since Spanish is not Latin, but it is a language that is strongly influenced by Latin).

Answer 5

Well christopher columbus was known for discovering the world.

Answer 6

Christopher Columbus is well-known for his voyages and exploration in America. Against popular belief, however, he was not the one to discover the Americas.

Answer 7

He discovered the new world.