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Christopher Colombus was born Oct.31 1451 in Gunoa,Italy
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The family moved to Savona and Christopher Columbus travelled the seas as a pirate, or Privateer, attacking ships belonging to the Moors
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Columbus swims ashore after his ship is sunk in a battle with pirates off Portugal. He joins his brother Bartholomew, a cartographer, in Lisbon
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He Married Doña Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, in 1479
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later in a year him and his wife had a son name diego
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between 1481 and 1485 colobus wife died..
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Felipa his wife die of consumption,Christopher Columbus moves to Cadiz in Spain where he opens another shop supplying maps and charts
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some year later after of his wife death he marries Dona Beatriz Enriquez de Arana from Cordova in Spain. but Columbus petitions his plans to the Spanish court but is refused any patronage
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Christopher and Dona Beatriz Enriquez have a son called Ferdinand ( 1488 - 1539), better known as Fernando
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On August 3 1492 Columbus set sail to what he thought were the East Indies. On 12 October 1492 he arrived in "the Americas,"
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in 1493 Pinzón joins columbus and they depart to Hispaniola for Spain in the Niña
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the year of 1494 columbus travle toCuba,Jamaica but then later on back to Cuba then after there start heading to Hispaniola.
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in 1502 columbus left Cadiz, Spain with four ships.
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after he discover america he went back to spain in 1504. he went back to spain and lost 2 ships.
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He died on May 20, 1506 at valladolid st the age of 54, from a heart attack. The attack is thought to have been caused by an autoimmune form of arthritis which caused joint swelling, eye disease, and urinary infections. This was deduced based on observer accounts of his symptoms, and his personal writings in his notebook.
