Christopher Columbus

No. The Pilgrims, trying to reach Virginia, came to Massachusetts in 1620. Columbus discovered America in 1492.

The Vikings discovered America some 500 years earlier than Columbus, but their settlements failed and their discovery was not evvectively followed up.

lol i actually am asking the same question...

Gold, fame, and wealth. He wrote in his journal " Gold is most excellent. He who possesses gold may do all he wishes in this world."

Yes, I would say so.

Not much. A tropical island with a few natives wearing small gold nuggets. He writes in his journal that the Natives brought him parrots and some handmade items. He wasn't impressed.

this is so stupid i hate him grrr

Yes he did. It was Marco Polo's book called Description of the World, and Image of the World by Pierre d' Ailly

There is some controversay about where his remains ended up. His remains were buried in a crypt in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1542 after being sent there from a monastery in Spain. Supposedly his remains had been moved from Santo Domingo to Havana, Cuba in 1795, and from there to Seville, Spain in 1898. There is, however, DNA evidence that his remains never left Santo Domingo and that they are still there.

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He was made famous by the Italians wanting a day to celebrate like the Irish celebrated St. Patrick so they picked Columbus as a symbol. His discovery of America is not true and he wasn't an Italian. In his own life he was considered a failure.

he was really ugly and the locals when he landed in his ship through spears at him forcing him to return home and try again after receiving high quality quatemala from a dodgy bloke in norfolk

Lucayan-Arawak Indians

Christropher Colombus , was on a conquest to find Japan and had actually gone westwards from Spain , and what he discovered was actually Cuba in the West Indies and he had thought that Cuba was the Indian name for Japan.

Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) and two-way radio.

The legendary explorer Christopher Columbus went to North America as part of his attempt to discover a westward passage to the Far East. Setting sail on behalf of Spain, which had set its sights on finding a quicker, less expensive trade-route to the rich markets of the East, Columbus did not in fact succeed in his mission, yet his discovery of the New World opened up a new age in European and American history alike.

Acrostic Poem- Christopher Columbus

C- Conquered the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.

O- Opened the door to the Americas for Spain.

L- Landed in the Bahamas, instead of the Indies.

U- Used ships and money provided by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.

M- Mapped his route as he sailed across the Atlantic.

B- Brought disease back to Spain from America.

U- Unsanitary conditions on board killed a lot of Columbus's crew.

S- Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta were the ships Columbus sailed on.

If you think it's Columbus you're wrong. However, it was actually Eric the Red. Columbus was just the 1st to get credit for it.

Columbus believed he had reached the Indies when he arrived in North America, so he called the people he found there "Indians". Though this term has been inaccurate since it was first used, the term "Native American" did not come into use until centuries later.

Christopher Columbus wanted to reach Asia, because of its large amounts of riches and valuable goods. Instead, he reached the West Indies, which included what is now known as Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and so forth. Columbus refused to believe that he had landed anywhere but Asia, however.

Christopher Columbus had two children.

Christopher Columbus had one son by his wife Filipa Moniz named Diego Colón Moniz. 10 years after the death of hist first wife Columbus married Donna Beatrix Enriquez, a member of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Spain. Christopher and Donna Beatrix had a son Fernando.

the best way was to sail through the island to get to asia

How about "Hey, look! The coast of India!" (see, Columbus thought he had found another route to India... he didn't realize that he had found a whole new continent at the time).

Cristobal Colon is the Spanish name for the person we refer to in English as Christopher Columbus. As to what he is famous for, well, in loose terms he 'discovered' America although I think it is pretty well agreed that he was hardly the first from Europe to land there and make a contribution. I think his accomplishment was to cross the Atlantic and report back to a wider audience than previous travellers had done.

Columbus did indeed use a compass on his voyages; the compass (lodestone in its earliest incarnation) is arguably the oldest known navigational instrument. The problem is that compasses point to Magnetic North, not True North. Because of this, course errors are induced, and the degree and angle of error will change as position changes

he didn't go to America idiots he went to the Bahamas.