Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer born in 1451. Columbus was born in Genoa and grew up reading the book of Marco Polo and learned different sciences. He went on four different voyages by the catholic Monarchs of Spain. His journey brought a greater awareness of the American continent. Columbus was a religious man and wanted to free Constantinople from the Turks and the gospel to China. He knew that because Constantinople was in the hands of the Muslims that he had to travel East. The Silk Road had also been a difficult place to travel so he proposed sailing around the world to reach China instead. Kings John II of Italy reused to help due to the fact that most people believed that sailing West wasn’t a good idea.

Columbus tried again to fund his expedition by talking with the Catholic Monarchs. The King and the Queen did not want Columbus to make someone else rich so they gave him an annual allowance to fund the journey. Columbus went 4 different voyages from 1492-1503. The first three ships in his first adventurer were named the Nina, The Pinta and the Santa Maria. After he had sailed around the Caribbean he returned to Spain in March of 1493. Columbus went of 3 other adventures in his lifetime.