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It was either August or October 1451 when Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.
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He married a woman named Felipa Perestrello Moniz.
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He had a son with Felipa Perestrello Moniz named Diego Colon.
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Christopher Columbus was denied help from the King of Potugal to sail to the Indies.
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Felipa died and Christopher Columbus immediately remarries a woman named Dona Beatrice Enriquez.
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Christopher Columbus got financial help from the King and Queen of Spain.
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Christopher and 100 men jammed into 3 ships to find land in 1492. People thought it would take 3 years but only took them 33 days to find land that Christopher claimed for Spain.
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After he sailed along the Bahamas he returned to Spain because he found nothing valuable.
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The King of Spain paid for one last voyage to America but Columbus couldn't find a way there.
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Once he returned to Spain he passed away at the age of 54.
