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Christopher Columbus

By mafarah
  • Oct 31, 1451

    A new sailer is born

    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.
  • Jan 1, 1475

    Greek Islands

    Soon Columbus sailed all the why to the Greek islands wanting to explore more.
  • Jan 1, 1476

    Moving to Portugul

    Columbus moved to Portugul in 1476 looking forward to his new life.
  • Jan 1, 1479

    Marrige

    Christopher Columbus married Felipa Moniz and they had one chlid
    Diego who was born in 1480 and alltogether lived a happy family.
  • Jan 1, 1484

    King John

    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.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    Moving

    After being turned down By King John, Christopher Columbus moved to Spain to talk to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
  • Jan 1, 1486

    Queen Isabella makes a move

    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.
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The three ships and Columbus

    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.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    America is bound to be

    In October 1492 Columbus found a island in the Bahamas and named it San Salvador at the north coast of America.
  • Dec 25, 1492

    Santa Maria is wrecked

    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.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Jan 1, 1496

    Second voyage

    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.
  • Nov 27, 1493

    The Reunion

    After leaving 39 men behide Christopher Columbus traveled back to Navidad to try and make a reunion with then.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1498 to Jan 1, 1500

    Third voyage

    Columbus went on a jouney to the trinidad and gulf of paria to explore something new.
  • Jan 1, 1502

    The last voyage

    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.
  • May 20, 1506

    death

    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.