Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus

• Spain

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Birth

• Around 1451

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Childhood

• dad was a weaver

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• always wanted to be a sailor

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• became a cabin boy at age 14

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• brother taught him how to make maps

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Adventures

• landed in San Salvador

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• Explored the Caribbean Sea, Central and South
  America

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• made four trips

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• named Admiral of the
• Ocean Sea

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• great captain and explorer

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• bad governor

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• difficulties small ships, bad weather, no maps

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• Spanish flag

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Columbus ships

• Nina
• Pinta
• Santa Maria