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Aug 3, 1492
Traviling to sea with my new crew
Day one,
I just said goodbye to my faimily in Savona.
My flagship, which we called the Santa Maria had 52 men on it.
I also have two other ships one called Nina the other one is called Pinta, They both have 18 men on them.
So far me and the crew have packed wine, olive oil, sea biscuit, and salted meat.
I have requested from the king and queen to have good, not stale, sea biscuit, salted flour so we can make bread aboard ship, wheat flour, wine, salt meat usually salted beef, olive oil, -
Aug 18, 1492
Disaster with clothes.
When my crew sigened up they were required to bring there own outfit because I did not have a special uniform for them. Most of the sailors wore calf length pants, a shirt, and maybe a jacket. We also had two disguising pieces of clothing that us Spanish sailors wore were a hooded smock and a “gorro”-a red, woolen stocking-hat. But now we have to clean are clothes with the sea water, the good thing was it cleaned the durt. -
Sep 15, 1492
Eroupe to the Bahamas
The ships reach the Canaries under favorable conditions.
The Santa María, Niña, and Piñta were all built with a small cabin called a “toldilla” on the stern deck for the captain and other officers; this is where Columbus spent most of his time. The crew, on the other hand, had to sleep anywhere they could find that was dry and out of the sun. Many would sleep in the forecastle. Since the ships only had one deck, the hold below would be full of supplies they would spend a lot of time bleow deck. -
Sep 20, 1492
Problems with the wether
At the Sargasso Sea the weather conditions change. Columbus keeps two log books to deceive the crew as to the real length of the voyage -
Oct 12, 1492
New land
Land seen by one of the Pinta's crew and they land on Watling's Island in the Bahamas, West Indies. The discoverers name the island San Salvador and Columbus believes that he has reached the passage to India and China -
Dec 5, 1492
Sinken ship
The Santa Maria sinks off the cost of Hispaniola but Christopher Columbus establishes the first Spanish settlement in the New World. -
Sep 25, 1493
Serch for gold
Cadiz. The Second voyage of Christopher Columbus consisting of 16 ships carrying about 1500 men including Juan Ponce de Leon. Columbus explores Hispaniola (Jamaica) and encounters the fierce Carib and Arawak native indians. He establishes a Spanish settlement in Haiti and searches for gold -
Jul 31, 1498
New places
Christopher Columbus arrived at the Cape Verde Islands, near Trinidad. He crosses over to the mainland where he discovers pearls
Christopher Columbus was the first European to land in South America but news spreads to Spain about problems in the Spanish settlements and Christopher Columbus is heavily criticised for its handling. A visita was ordered to investigate lead by Francisco de Bobadilla -
May 20, 1506
Death
: Christopher Columbus dies at the Spanish court at Valladolid -
Third voyage
The Third voyage of Christopher Columbus from Seville, Spain, with six ships
