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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. he was born into a middle class family. his father was Domonico Columbo and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa. he also had three brothers.
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Christopher Columbus goes to the University of Pavia. His father wasnt rich, but he managed to send Christopher to college. There he studied grammar, geometry, astronomy, and much more.
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Christopher Columbus becomes an apprentice and did buisness for families in Genoa.
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Christopher Columbus gets married to Filipa Moniz. She was the daughter of a Portuguese nobleman. This was not his only wife.
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Christopher and his wife have their first kid, Diego. After he was born, they all moved to the island of Madeira. His wife died a few years later.
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Christopher and his wife have a second son named Fernando. During this time, Christopher had a new wife named Dona Beatriz Enriquez. Fernando came with Christopher on his last voyage.
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Christopher takes off on his first voyage. He went with the ships Pinta, Nina and the Santa Maria. He traveled with 104 men.
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Christopher set out on his second voyage, accompanied by over 1200 men known as the Grand Feet. He arrived at his destination, La Navidad, on November 28 of that same year. He was trying to establish a permanent colony, but when he arrived he found that all his men and his town there had been burned down, probably by indians.
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Christopher embarks on his final voyages. on his first voyage that year got him to Hispaniola. His last voyage snet him to Central America for the first time.
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Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid.
