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Title: 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
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