Christopher Columbus

Columbus would make three more voyages to the Americas.

He never knew what an amazing discovery he had made.

He was born in italy, Genova in 1451.He learned how to make maps and navigate a ship. Columbus thought he could sail straight to China by crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

• Columbus brought horses to the new world on his second voyage.•

In his original calculations, he thought that Asia would be 2,400 miles from Portugal. He was way off. It is actually 10,000 miles away! Not to mention the huge continent in between.

• The sailor who was first to spot land on the voyage would receive a reward.

On October 12, 1492 land was spotted. It was a small island in the Bahamas that Columbus would name San Salvador.

he was able to convince Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to pay for the trip. He set sail on August 3, 1492 with three ships named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.