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Columbus was born in 1451, in Genoa, Italy
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Columbus goes out in the Sea for the first time and starts working on a ship
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Columbus gets hired as a sailor, and travels down to the island of Khios. (Picture from marineinsight.com) -
From 1482 to 1485, Columbus began trading along the coasts of West Africa, and learns about Portuguese navigation, to achieve his goal of sailing to Asia. (Picture from kidsworldfun.com) -
On his first trip, he reached the Bahamas, and then sailed down along the coast of Cuba. When he returns, he already begins to prepare for a second trip. (Picture from marineinsight.com) -
Columbus goes on a second trip and leads around 17 ships, and finds many new cities, he returns to Spain in 1496 (Picture from history.com) -
Spain starts to not support Columbus as much as they used to as now he sails leading only 6 ships, he explores northern South America and he gets into trouble during this voyage.
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He sails down to Jamaica, Cuba and many other places and fails to find treasures he needed to return. He gets rescued from a shipwreck, and returns to Spain. (Picture from nationalgeographic.org)
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Columbus passes in Valladolid, Spain (Picture from kidsworldfun.com)