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Christopher Columbus was a sailor from his teen years.

He first sailed to the New World in 1492 - he was born in 1451 that would make him 41.

The Queen of Spain commissioned him in 1492 and he sailed west with 3 ships and a crew of 90. October 12th 1492 he found an island in the Bahamas that he named San Salvador. He thought he reached Asia.

His second voyage was in 1493. Third 1498. Fourth and final 1502.

History book is "The American People-Creating A Nation and a Society" Volume One to 1877. By Gary Nash.

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