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Feb 12, 1451
Birth
In Italy, 1451, Christopher Columbus was born with his father as a weaver. It would take him years to even start sailing a boat. -
Apr 12, 1466
A sailing start
He started sailing when he was a teenager, but even teenagers have rotten luck. On his first trip out to sea, he was met by french who burnt his ship at the coast of Portugal. He was forced to swim to the coast. -
Apr 12, 1480
Family life
n Portugal, Christopher met his wife and had a son named Diego at about 1480. But when he moved to Spain his wife died shortly. Then out of a wedlock, Christopher Columbus had another son named Fernando. -
Apr 12, 1484
Exploration
Christopher first asked the Portuguese king for a three ship voyage but was denied many times. He then asked the Spanish queen for a three ship voyage and was granted his wish. -
Sep 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Christopher was now on a journey that would change his life forever. He would discover Latin america. -
Apr 12, 1493
Finding the Carribean
Christopher Columbus found the Caribbean in search of a new world. He thought he was in India, so he named the people there, the Indians. -
Apr 13, 1497
Adding Sugar
Christopher, after exploring the Carribian, bought slaves to the island to farm sugar cane. There where also Cocoa beans, and more tropical things -
Apr 13, 1498
Three times the charm
It was not until his third journey that he found the main land. -
Trouble
Christopher told the king of Spain that the next voyage would be promising with gold. except that was not what happened, He was wrecked to the Cuban coast and had a short trade embargo with the natives. -
Death
Even though he thought that he had found a short route to Asia. He had died, confused.
