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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who led an expedition in 1492 that resulted in European contact with the Americas. Some key facts about Columbus include that he was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy and first went to sea as a teenager. In 1492, Columbus received funding from King Ferdinand of Spain and left Europe with three ships: the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Niña. He landed in the Bahamas and explored parts of the Caribbean, believing he had reached Asia, though he had actually discovered lands unknown to Europeans. Columbus opened the Americas to colonization by European powers.

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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who led an expedition in 1492 that resulted in European contact with the Americas. Some key facts about Columbus include that he was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy and first went to sea as a teenager. In 1492, Columbus received funding from King Ferdinand of Spain and left Europe with three ships: the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Niña. He landed in the Bahamas and explored parts of the Caribbean, believing he had reached Asia, though he had actually discovered lands unknown to Europeans. Columbus opened the Americas to colonization by European powers.

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    Christopher

    Columbus:
    Bio:
    FamedItalianexplorerChristopherColumbusdiscovered
    the"NewWorld"oftheAmericasonanexpedition
    sponsored:
    byKingFerdinandofSpainin1492.

    Quotes:
    1:
    Followingthelightofthesun,welefttheOldWorld.
    ChristopherColumbus

    2:
    Thesepeopleareveryunskilledinarms...with50mentheycouldallbesubjectedandmadetodoall
    thatonewished

    .ChristopherColumbus

    3.
    NooneshouldfeartoundertakeanytaskinthenameofourSaviour,ifitisjustandiftheintentionis
    purelyforHisholyservice.
    ChristopherColumbus

    4:
    Iwenttoseafromthemosttenderageandhavecontinuedinasealifetothisday.

    WhoevergiveshimselfuptothisartwantstoknowthesecretsofNatureherebelow.It
    ismorethanfortyyearsthatIhavebeenthusengaged.Whereveranyonehassailed,
    thereIhavesailed.
    ChristopherColumbus

    Synopsis:
    ExplorerandnavigatorChristopherColumbuswasbornin1451inthe
    RepublicofGenoa,Italy.HisfirstvoyageintotheAtlanticOceanin1476
    nearlycosthimhislife.Columbusparticipatedinseveralotherexpeditionsto
    Africa.1492,ColumbusleftSpainintheSantaMaria,withthePintaandthe
    Niaalongside.HehasbeencreditedforopeninguptheAmericasto
    Europeancolonization.
    EarlyVoyages
    ExplorerandnavigatorColumbuswasbornin1451,intheRepublicofGenoa
    (Italy)tothesonofaweaver.Columbusfirstwenttoseaasateenager,
    participatinginseveraltradingvoyagesintheMediterraneanandAegean
    seas.Onesuchvoyage,totheislandofKhios,inmoderndayGreece,
    broughthimtheclosesthewouldcometoAsia.

    HisfirstvoyageintotheAtlanticOceanin1476nearlycosthimhislifeasthe
    commercialfleethewassailingwithwasattackedbyFrenchprivateersoffthe
    coastofPortugal.HisshipwasburnedandColumbushadtoswimtothe
    PortugueseshoreandmakehiswaytoLisbon,Portugal,whereheeventually
    settledandmarriedFelipaPerestrello.Thecouplehadoneson,Diegoin
    about1480.HiswifediedsoonafterandColumbusmovedtoSpain.Hehada

    secondsonFernandowhowasbornoutofwedlockin1488withBeatriz
    EnriquezdeArana.

    ColumbusparticipatedinseveralotherexpeditionstoAfricagaining
    knowledgeoftheAtlanticcurrentsflowingeastandwestfromtheCanary
    Islands.MuslimdominationofthetraderoutesthroughtheMiddleEastmakes
    traveltoIndiaandChinadifficult.Believingaroutesailingwestacrossthe
    Atlanticwouldbequickerandsafer,Columbusdevisedaplantosailwestto
    getreachtheEast.Heestimatedtheearthtobeasphereapproximately63%
    itsactualsizeandthedistancebetweentheCanaryIslandsandJapantobe
    about2,300miles.Manycontemporarynauticalexpertsdisagreed,adhering
    tothesecondcenturyBCestimateoftheearth'scircumferenceat25,000
    miles.ThismadethedistancebetweentheCanaryIslandsandJapanabout
    12,200statutemiles.WhileexpertsdisagreedwithColumbusonmattersof
    distance,theyconcurredthatawestwardvoyagefromEuropewouldbean
    uninterruptedwaterroute.

    FirstVoyagetotheNewWorld
    RejectedbythePortuguesekingforathreeshipvoyageofdiscovery,Columbus
    tookhisplanfirsttoGenoaandthentoVenicebutwasrejectedtheretoo.He
    thenwenttotheSpanishmonarchyofIsabellaofCastilleandFerdinandof
    Aragon,in1486.Theirnauticalexpertstoowereskepticalandinitially,Columbus
    wasrejected.Theideahowever,musthaveintriguedthemonarchs,fortheykept
    Columbusonaretainer.ButtheirfocuswasonawarwiththeMuslimsand
    Columbuswouldhavetowait.

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