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Christopher Columbus made three trips across the Earth from Spain in 1998-1999
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Starting in about 1420, small Portuguese ships known as caravels zipped along the African coast, carrying spices, gold, slaves and other goods from Asia and Africa to Europe.
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—she believed that any people Columbus “discovered” where promptly and sternly returned the explorer’s gift.”
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Christopher Columbus was born on 1451_ in __Italy.also he was the son of a wool merchant. He got a job on a merchant ship.
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Christopher Columbus did not “discover” was he even the first European to visit the “New World.” (Viking explorers had sailed to Greenland and Newfoundland in the 11th century.
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When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. He remained at sea until 1470, when French privateers attacked his ship as it sailed north along the Portuguese coast.
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The end of the 15th century, it was nearly impossible to reach Asia from Europe by land. The route was long and arduous, and encounters with hostile armies were difficult
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But Columbus had a different idea: Why not sail west across the Atlantic
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Christopher Columbus died May 20th, 1506 and he had a big special ceremony on his death
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he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to India.
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to avoid. Portuguese explorers solved this problem by taking to the sea: They sailed south along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope.
