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Christopher Columbus was born between August 26 and October 31, there is no exact date. Christopher was born in Genoa, and Columbus was only a teenager when he first set sail. Christopher’s parents were Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa
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In 1479, Christopher married a lady named Felipa Perestrella e Moniz. They lived in Portugal. Filipa Moniz Perestrelo was a Portuguese noblewoman from Porto Santo Island, in Madeira, Portugal.
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In 1480,Christopher Columbus made his first big voyages. He sailed between Portugal and Iceland. He also developed a plan to travel to the Indies.
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Christopher work as a sailor, and his luck a pirates sunk his ship. The Santa Maria sank after hitting reefs off the Haitian coast. This happened around Christmas of 1492, months after arriving from Spain.
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In August 3, 1492 Columbus set sail with three ships The Pinta, The Nina, and the Santa Maria. Christopher sailed on the Santa Maria. They were headed to Palos, Spain.
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In October 1492, Christopher and his crew made landfall. They thought they had reached Asia, but they were wrong. They had reached the American continent.
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In September 1493, Columbus returned to the Americas looking for treasure. Again he came home empty-handed. His brothers stayed in America with a handful of colonists.
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In 1498, Spain paid for Columbus to go back to America for a third time. When he arrived he found his brothers, the colony was a mess, and he was arrested for their crimes.
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In 1502, Columbus was found not guilty for the crimes he was accused of. The king of Spain agreed to pay him for one last voyage to America. But again Columbus didn't find a way to Asia or any treasure.
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Columbus died and was buried in Valladolid on May 20, 1506. He had asked to be buried in the Americas, but no church of sufficient stature existed there. Three years later, his remains were moved to a monastery on La Cartuja, a river island next to Seville.
