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Feb 20, 1485
Christopher's wife
Felipa dies of consumption and Christopher Columbus moves to Cadiz in Spain where he opens another shop supplying maps and charts. -
Feb 20, 1486
Christopher remarries
Columbus meets Dona Beatriz Enriquez de Arana from Cordova in Spain who he marries Columbus petitions his plans to the Spanish court but is refused any patronage -
Feb 20, 1488
Another Child
Christopher and Dona Beatriz Enriquez have a son called Ferdinand ( 1488 - 1539), better known as Fernando -
Sep 8, 1492
Christopher's voyage
August: He leaves Palos, Spain in search of the Indies on his ship which is called the Santa Maria. His son, Fernando accompanied Columbus. The other two ships were called the Pinta and the Nina
Martin Alonso Pinzon commanded the Pinta and his brother, Vicente Yanez Pinzon commanded the Nina. The three ships carried 120 men. September 8: The Voyages of Christopher Columbus on the Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta begin -
Sep 15, 1492
Christopher's voyage
The ships reach the Canaries under favorable conditions -
Sep 20, 1492
Christopher's voyage
At the Sargasso Sea the weather conditions change. Columbus keeps two log books to deceive the crew as to the real length of the voyage -
Sep 23, 1492
The crew
The crew become disgruntled -
Oct 7, 1492
Land
False landfall is spotted -
Oct 28, 1492
Cuba
The fleet reaches Cuba -
Dec 5, 1492
Santa Maria
The Santa Maria sinks off the cost of Hispaniola but Christopher Columbus establishes the first Spanish settlement in the New World -
Aug 24, 1500
Christopher
Bobadilla lands at Santo Domingo. Francisco de Bobadilla believes that Columbus and his brothers consider themselves rulers of the new country. He orders their imprisonment, where they were harshly held in irons. They are sent home in chains -
Feb 20, 1502
Christopher's final voyage
Fourth and final voyage of Christopher Columbus leaves from Cadiz, Spain, with four ships -
Nov 7, 1504
Christopher
Christopher Columbus returns to Spain -
May 20, 1506
christopher dies
Christopher Columbus dies at the Spanish court at Valladolid.
