Topic: Describing a journey

Integrated Skills
Student´s name: Kathleen Michelle Jimenez Rosales.
Grade:10th.
Number: 16.

1. Reading and Writing

Read about the first voyage of Columbus and look at the map. Number sentences A-G in the right
order. Then complete sentences B-F With these phrases.

a) Because there were some terrible storms.

b) At the beginning of September.
c) The islands were part of India.
d) Seven a half a month.
e) With 120 men in three ships.

THE FIRST VOYAGE OF COMULBUS.

Christopher Columbus, the Italian mapmaker and sailor, is one of the most famous explorers in
history. He believed he could sail west from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean to India. He didn´t
realize there was a huge continent between Europe and Asia.

A. In January 1493, Columbus started to sail back to Spain.

B. Then, He continued sailing west, and on Friday, October 12, the ships arrived in the west Indies.
So called because Columbus thought The islands were part of India.
C. In 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean With 120 men in three ships the Santa Maria,
the Niña, and the Pinta.
D. But the return voyage was difficult and often frightening Because there were some terrible storms.
E. Columbus finally reaches his home port of Palos on March 15, 1493 after a voyage of Seven a
half a month and over 15,000 kilometers.
F. He left the port of Palos in Spain on Friday, August 3 and reached the Canary Island at the
beginning of September.
G. He stopped at the Bahamas and then sailed to the islands of Cuba and Haiti.
2. Answer these questions to describe the first voyage of Columbus in no more than 70
words.

1) When did Columbus leave Spain?

He left the port of Palos in Spain on Friday august 3.

2) How many men and ships did he take with him?

Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, with 120 men in three ships.

3) Which places did he sail to?

He sailed to the Bahamas Canary Islands, and then to the island of Cuba and Haiti.

4) What was the return voyage life?

The return voyage was difficult and often frightening, because there were some terrible storms.

5) When did Columbus finally reaches Spain?

He reaches Spain on March 15, 1493.

6) How long was the voyage, and how far did he sail?
It was a voyage of seven and a half month, and over 15.000 km.

Description of the first voyage of Columbus

He left the port of Palos in Spain on Friday august 3. Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, with
120 men in three ships. He sailed to the Bahamas Canary Islands, and then to the island of Cuba and
Haiti. The return voyage was difficult and often frightening, because there were some terrible storms.
He reaches Spain on March 15, 1493. It was a voyage of seven and a half month.