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    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy who made four voyages to the Americas under the crowns of Spain. He sought to find a western route to Asia but instead made landfall in the Bahamas in 1492, establishing contact between Europe and the Americas. Though he did not discover North America as the Vikings had previously landed there, he started regular transatlantic voyages. Columbus faced difficulties in establishing colonies and was arrested upon his return from his third voyage in 1500 due to conflicts with colonial administrators. He died in Spain in 1506 after making significant contributions to the Age of Discovery.

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    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy who made four voyages to the Americas under the crowns of Spain. He sought to find a western route to Asia but instead made landfall in the Bahamas in 1492, establishing contact between Europe and the Americas. Though he did not discover North America as the Vikings had previously landed there, he started regular transatlantic voyages. Columbus faced difficulties in establishing colonies and was arrested upon his return from his third voyage in 1500 due to conflicts with colonial administrators. He died in Spain in 1506 after making significant contributions to the Age of Discovery.

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    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy who made four voyages to the Americas under the crowns of Spain. He sought to find a western route to Asia but instead made landfall in the Bahamas in 1492, establishing contact between Europe and the Americas. Though he did not discover North America as the Vikings had previously landed there, he started regular transatlantic voyages. Columbus faced difficulties in establishing colonies and was arrested upon his return from his third voyage in 1500 due to conflicts with colonial administrators. He died in Spain in 1506 after making significant contributions to the Age of Discovery.

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    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus is best known for being an explorer. He was also a


    navigator and coloniser (which means to take control of other countries).
    He was born in 1451, in Genoa, Italy.

    Early Life

    His father was a wool merchant. He was born into a time period called

    the Renaissance. Lots of people were building new ships to explore

    different parts of the world. Columbus’s first trip on the sea was when he

    was 13 years old. He learnt how to sail on a wooden boat with sails.

    Adult Life

    In 1476, he lived in Portugal and worked as a sailor, on one occasion his


    ship was sunk by pirates. One year later he started to draw and sell maps
    with his brothers. He learnt to find his way at sea by using the stars, the
    sun and a compass. In 1480, he made his first long voyage between
    Portugal and Iceland. Five years later, he moved to Spain. Christopher
    Columbus’ dream was to go to China and he needed money in order to do
    this. In 1491, the king and queen of Spain gave him the money he needed
    to buy ships.

    His famous adventures

    He set sail from Europe,
across the Atlantic Ocean,
on 3rd August,


    1492,
along with his sailors. They did not know where
they would land,
    it was a
voyage into the unknown.
They set sail with three
ships: Santa
    Maria, Niña
and Pinta. The journey
took them longer than
expected and
    they were
running out of food and
water. 36 days later, one
man spotted
    land – it was
in the Bahamas. They sailed
on to Cuba and discovered
    new lands. They called it ‘The New World’. They arrived in America in
    October, 1492. Christopher Columbus did not discover America, as the
    Vikings from Europe had already landed in America 500 years before, but
    he did not know this. Columbus started regular contact between Europe
    and America though. Christopher Columbus also brought back tomatoes
    and potatoes from America. Before he had been there, no one in Europe
    had ever tried them! In 1493, Columbus returned to America looking for
    treasure. But he returned home empty-handed. His brothers stayed behind
    with a few others. Five years later, the king of Spain paid for Columbus
    to go back to America a third time. When he arrived, he found his brothers’
    colony in a mess and was sent back to Spain.

    Later life

    In 1502, The king of Spain agreed to pay for one last voyage to America.
    When Christopher Columbus arrived in America, his ships had holes in
    them so he had to wait a year to sail home. He was very ill when he got
    home and died on 20th May, 1506, in Spain.

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