How they croaked 2

By eugene.lee
  • Period: Aug 1, 1451 to May 1, 1506

    Columbus' Birth

    Born in August 1451
  • Discovering the "New World."
    Jan 13, 1492

    Discovering the "New World."

    Columbus finds the New World by landing in Venezuela, but did not set foot on it because his vision is blurry.
  • Columbus returns to Spain and goes back to Hispaniola.
    Jan 25, 1492

    Columbus returns to Spain and goes back to Hispaniola.

    Columbus is now a hero in Spain. He goes back again but does not find any Gold.
  • Columbus catches disease and gets Shipwrecked in Jamaica.
    Jan 25, 1493

    Columbus catches disease and gets Shipwrecked in Jamaica.

    Columbus catches Malaria along with his blindness and gets Shipwrecked on Jamica. It would be a year before him and his men were rescued.
  • Columbus discovers the site of the Panama Canal.
    Jan 25, 1495

    Columbus discovers the site of the Panama Canal.

    Columbus discovered the site of the Panama Canal. This would be good if it was built yet.
  • America becomes named.
    Jan 25, 1499

    America becomes named.

    A passenger on the New World trip wrote a book claiming he had discovered it. A mapmaker read his book, and named the country America. Columbus got no credit.
  • Columbus moves back to Spain.
    Jan 25, 1505

    Columbus moves back to Spain.

    After his rescue, Columbus makes it back to Spain. He died on May 20th, 1506. It was not mentioned at all and no one was allowed to say his name.
  • Columbus's cause of Death is found.

    Columbus's cause of Death is found.

    After Doctors studied Columbus's remains, they found out that he had died from Reiter's syndrome, which is a rare disease caught from living in tight quarters with poor hygiene.
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    Columbus goes and looks for gold.

    In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave him the heads-up to go get gold.
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    Discovering Land.

    33 Days after setting sail, Columbus discovered what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He called it Hospaniola and claimed it for Spain.