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In this year Christopher was born. He was born in Genoa, Italy. Cristoforo Colombo was his full name at birth.
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Christopher at the age of fourteen, went for the first time on the sea and working on a boat. At that moment he knew that he loved the sea.
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He got the job! At the age of twenty three he was finally hired as a sailor. The first island he visited was Khios, and he spent a year here.
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This began his series of voyages all in the next seven years of his life. His expedition at this time took him farther away such as Iceland, and Guinea.
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Columbus starts to envision his trip to the Indies. However he did have financial problmes with this. After a while he moved to Spain for awhile.
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Columbus begins his journey to the Americas with three ships and about 100 men.
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He arrived at the Canary Islands and stopped for provisions and repairs. He hated stoping places because he thought he would run out of time.
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His ship, the Santa Marian sinks. Columbus then found La Navidad.
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Columbus and both ships depart for Spain, leaving 39 men in La Navidad. However, the two ships are separated in a storm. Bye both shipd he means the nina, and the santa maria.
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The ships, Nina, and the Pinta, make it back to Palos, Spain. Which did end his first voyage. He started his second voyage in September 1493.
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