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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator who sailed through the Atlantic Ocean and reached the American continent in 1492. He was not the first explorer to reach America but he established permanent contact between the Americans and the Europeans.
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What items did Christopher Columbus bring to America?
he brought back loads & loads of stuff.
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Bananas
avacardos
coco beans
coffee
salt
potatoes
plants
native americans
Desease
Who discovered North America first Lief Erikson or Christopher Columbus?
Neither. Lief Ericson discovered North America second while Christopher Columbus discovered it third. A Viking did discover North America and his name was Bjarni Herjolfsson. He discovered North America about 200 years before Lief Ericson
What was Christopher Columbus early life like?
Christopher Columbus was a mean greedy man who was only tolerated by many people especially by the king and queen. the only reason queen Isabella gave him the ships was because he waited multiple years until the war was over.
Where did Christopher Columbus come from?
Recent research shows he was Spanish. He wrote in Spanish and spoke Spanish. His wife was Spanish.
Columbus wasn't Spanish. He was born in Genoa Italy. However no one in Italy would finance his voyage so he was forced to go elsewhere to get funding, his most famous voyage to the Caribbean (West Indies) being financed by Spain.
Why did Columbus believe that he could reach the east sailing west?
Because... the map in his time was wrong (but only in scale):
China was thought to be farther east than it was,
the Americas were not on the maps
the combined Atlantic and Pacific was thought to be much narrower than they are.
Who are the three main Portuguese explorer and where did they travel?
They were Prince Henry, Vasco DaGama and Pedro Cabral.
What did Christopher Columbus dad do as a job?
Christopher Columbus was a merchant, an explorer and a conqueror of the different islands he discovered.
What impact on history did Christopher Columbus have?
Actually, he didn't have much impact. In his life he was considered a failure because he didn't bring back gold to the crown, he only found an island, and he didn't get the things he wanted from the Spanish crown. At the time of his death he was in a law suit with the crown and he had been shipwrecked for several years before he got back home sick. His body was also moved several times before finding a final resting place. It is only in modern history that he has been celebrated.
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Columbus had a tremendous influence on history. It was his initial discovery of new land that led to the European exploitation of what later became known as the Americas. Think of him as a pathfinder to a new world.
When did christopher Columbus come back from dicovering America?
he went back after the first voyage was all done
What were the Knights Templar?
The Knight Templars duty in modern society is to conduct philanthropic activities, such as helping charities and relief groups, and to delve into historical study. The Templars do not involve themselves in any political activites whatsoever. If there is a dispuite in their order, they take it to their officials, not to the public authorities. As stated before, their main duty is to fight disease and social distress.
What was the name of christopher columbuses ships?
The names of the three ships that Christopher Columbus used on his voyage were the Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria. The church censored the nicknames to more Christian names.
Why is it hard to believe Christopher Columbus story of men with tails?
Writers who don't know the full truth.
Who was the king and queen of Spain in christopher colubus' time?
There was not a king and queen of Spain in 1492.
Ferdinand II ruled Aragon and co-ruled Leon and Castile with Queen Isabel I.
Isabel I was Queen of Castile and Leon and co-ruled Aragon with Ferdinand.
They ruled those three kingdoms together but were only the Monarchs of their own kingdom(s). Consequently they were not the monarchs of Spain. Nor were their children.
Spain was only unified when all three kingdoms were inherited by their grandson Carlos I of Spain in 1516. At that point it became one kingdom.
Carlos I was Crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, and King of Bologna on 22 February, 1530. All told he was King of Spain first (1516), Holy Roman Emperor later(1520), and still later King of the Romans and King of Italy(1530). Charles abdicated his various title in 1555.
There was not a king and queen of Spain in 1495.
What was the number of voyages Columbus made to the new world?
Columbus made a total of four voyages to the New World.
Why did Christopher Columbus want to sail the Atlantic Ocean?
He thought sailing the Atlantic ocean would bring him faster to India, and eventually make him famous for discovering a new route that leads to Asia. Remember Christopher Columbus set out to find India because they had good spices and good trading material. There was one major problem, the Atlantic led to the Americas not to India. When Christopher finally reached land he though he was in India, but he was actually in North America. Since he still thought he was in India Christopher called the natives Indians, thus creating a new word to call the Native Americans. Christopher Columbus would later eventually die still thinking that he found India.
Where on America did Columbus land?
an island in the Carribbean sea, the bahamas.
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Actually, to be more precise, his first landing was Guanahani in the bahamas.
Then his next stop in Dominican Republic/ Haiti.
Where did he settle first in the United States? Florida? Georgia? Alabama?
Puerto Rico is a territory, not actual state.
