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Christopher Columbus was a navigator, cartographer, Admiral, Viceroy and Governor General of the West Indies at the service of the Crown of Castile
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Christopher Columbus navigator and explorer was born about 1451 in the territory of the Republic of Genoa (now part of Italy), although the exact location is still in dispute. Some historians argue that it was not in Genoa, placing its origins in Aragon, Spain; others say he was born in Portugal.
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In 1479 Christopher Columbus married with Felipa Moniz in Lisbon
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Between 1483 and 1485 Christopher Columbus first offered his project to King John II of Portugal, which after consultation with three experts in cosmography finally dismissed the company. However, the Portuguese monarch did not want to completely close the doors for future negotiations and possibly grant greater accuracy the Columbian project that gave the review board. Hernando Columbus wrote in his History of Admiral John II secretly sent a caravel following the course Columbus had indicated.
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Columbus sailed from Palos on August 3, 1492 with three main caravels: La Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria. On September 6, they went into the Dark Sea, losing sight of the shore for several days. The morning of October 12, the watchman of one of the boats shouted, "Earth Land"! discovering a new continent: America.
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In April 1493, 520 years ago, Christopher Columbus was received by the Catholic Monarchs in Barcelona. It is not known with certainty the day the Admiral entered the city, although it was probably in late April.
The exact place where it was received is also not known; He could be in the Hall of Tinell, in the center of Barcelona, or the monastery of San Jeronimo of Murtra in Badalona. -
Columbus left Spain on September 24, 1493 and landed in Puerto Rico.
This trip aimed to explore, colonize and preach the Catholic faith in the territories discovered on the first trip. -
It began on May 30, 1498. Christopher Columbus left from Sanlucar de Barrameda and arrived at the island of Trinidad. Here it was born the first city founded by the Spanish in the Americas: New Cadiz.
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He left Sevilla (Spain) on April 3, 1502. He explored the coasts of present Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Christopher Columbus died on May 20, 1506 without knowing that he had discovered a new continent.
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Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid (Spain) on May 20, 1506, at 55 years old as a result of a heart attack.
