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Christopher Columbus was born on 31st of October to a family of wood weavers not knowing his future. He was born in Genola North of Italy.
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Soon Columbus sailed all the why to the Greek islands wanting to explore more.
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Columbus moved to Portugul in 1476 looking forward to his new life.
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Christopher Columbus married Felipa Moniz and they had one chlid
Diego who was born in 1480 and alltogether lived a happy family. -
Christopher Columbus could not go on his first voyage without having royal backup. So in 1484 Columbus approached King John the ll of Portugual and explained his idea unluckily John turned Columbus down.
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After being turned down By King John, Christopher Columbus moved to Spain to talk to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
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In 1486 Isabella met with Columbus in Cordova to listen to his plan and see if it would work. Santangel was Columbus' best freind and offered to pay the cost. When Queen Isabella saw this she to offered to raise some money too, even if it took pawning her jewels.
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On the third of August 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed on the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. But while on the voyage 39 men were threatened to muting and wanted to turn back all three ships. Columbus promised to do that in two days but in his journal that was not to be.
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In October 1492 Columbus found a island in the Bahamas and named it San Salvador at the north coast of America.
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Then the Santa Maria hit a rock (or so a reef which is a rock mixed with coral), so Christopher Columbus transfered to the Nina but left all his crew behide.
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During 1493 and 1496 Christopher Columbus explored the islands of Juana, Jamaica and Santiago,While he builds a new settlement at Hispaniola all in the West Indies. But was still looking for Asia.
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After leaving 39 men behide Christopher Columbus traveled back to Navidad to try and make a reunion with then.
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Columbus went on a jouney to the trinidad and gulf of paria to explore something new.
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In 1502 Christopher Columbus sailed to America for the fourth time but looking for a land now known as China. As the voyage carried on Columbus got stranded and had to wait a year before being rescued.
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Columbus died in 20th May 1506 after all his journeys across the seven seas,From then on the month October was dedicated to Chrisopher Columbus. His location was Valladolid Spain, But Christopher Columbus died still beliving his new route to the East Indies although he never set foot on the mainland of America.