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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451. He was born in Genoa, Italy. His father was Domenico Colombo and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa. He always wanted to be a sailor.
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In 1465 was his first journey. Christopher Columbus was just a teenager when he first set sail. He was only 15 year old.
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Christopher Columbus was a sailor. Columbus started to work on being a sailor in 1476. Once his ship was actually sunk from pirates.
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Christopher columbus gets married in 1479. Christopher married a lady named Felipa Perestrello e Moniz. They lived in Portugal.
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Christopher Columbus made his first big voyages. He sailed between Portugal and Iceland. This was in 1480
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Columbus wanted to make a new voyage in 1484; he wanted to find a western route from Europe to Asia. He asked for help from Portugal and England but he was refused.
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In 1485, Christopher Columbus moved to Spain. Columbus moved to spain looking for financial support to sail west.
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In August, 1492 Columbus set sail with three ships; the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. Christopher sailed on the Santa Maria.
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In October, 1492 Christopher Columbus and his crew made landfall. He and the crew thought they reached Asia but they were wrong; they had reached the American continent.
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In 1506, Columbus reached Spain where he soon passed away. He died from Congestive heart failure.
