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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy
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At the age of 23, Columbus was hired as a sailor then went to Khios
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Columbus begins a series of voyages over the next seven years and traveled to Guinea and Iceland
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Columbus married Felipa Perestrello e Monis who was the daughter of a rich Portuguese nobleman
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Columbus and Felipa have a son together named Diego
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Felipa passes away at a young age. He then starts thinking about going to the Indies he also moved to Spain
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Columbus has another son named Fernando whose mother is Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
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On August 3, Columbus begins his journey to the Americas then
on August 10 he arrived at the Canary Islands after that on
October 12 the Pinta spots what is called the New World then the Santa Maria sank on December 25 -
On January 15 Columbus and both ships depart for Spain, leaving 39 men in La Navidad. However, the two ships are separated in a storm.On November 22, he returned to La Navidad and found that his men who he had left there eleven months ago had been killed and the colony was destroyed; so, he started a new one called Isabela.
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Columbus visits a few different areas like Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola
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Columbus enslaved 560 people against the wishes of the King and Queen
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On March 10 he headed back to Spain with the 560 slaves with about 200 died during the trip then on June 8 he arrived at the coast of Portugal
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In October Columbus was arrested by Bobadilla and sent back to Spain then he was jailed for six weeks in Spain before being released
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Christopher Columbus and his crew were lost in Jamaica
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Columbus was rescued from Jamaica
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On May 20 he died from reiter's syndrome at the age of 55