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He was born in the Republic Of Genoa, Italy. He was the son to a weaver.
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He almost lost his life to french privateers. His ship was burned and he had to swim to the portugese shore to get to Lisbon, Portugal.
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His name was Deigo. He had this son with Felipa Perestrello.
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At first, he was rejected because the peoples main focus was on war.
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His name was Fernando. He had this son with Beatriz Enriquez de Arana.
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The spanish gave him what he needed to complete this journey 6 years later.
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He set sail to spain but went island to island finding little resources. He sailed home leaving 40 sailors in Haiti.
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He visited Trinidad and the South American mainland. He went back to the Hispaniola settlement where the natives staged a revolt against the columbus brothers and their sailors.
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He went on his last journey becaused he promised to find a route to the indian ocean. His ship was wrecked by a storm and he was stranded in cuba. The cubans refused to give them food because they were tiered of the spaniards obssesion with gold and riches.
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He threatened to take away the moon from them for starving them and sure enough, two years later, there was a lunar eclipse and it alarmed the natives. They gave them food and gold and a rescue team came and got them.
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He was able to gain back some of his riches. The only problem was he didnt live much longer after.
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He died still believeing that he discovered a shorter route to Asia.