Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus

• Presented By Kimberly Edelmann and Allison McGhee

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Christophers Life

• Born 1451, Genoa
• Died May 20, 1506 Valladolid
• Full Name Cristoforo Columbo
• Children Diego Colon, Ferdinand Columbus
• Parents Susanna Fontanarossa, Domenico Columbo
• Siblings Bartholomew Columbus, Giacomo Columbus,
  Bianchinetta Columbis, Giovanna Pellegrino
  Culumbus.

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Represented Country

• Christopher Columbus was hoping to find some
  trade routes to India.
• The Country Columbus represented was Spain.

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Voyages

• Christopher Columbus had 4 voyages.
• The First Voyage he went to southern Spain on
  August 3, 1492.
• The Second Voyage, he hoped to land in Hispaniola
  March of 1493.
• The Third Voyage was to The
• New World on May 30,
• 1498 to October, 1500.
• The Fourth Voyage was to also
• to The New World.

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Columbus Ships

• The Nina
• The Pinta
• The Santa Maria

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Why did Columbus go on his four voyages?

• Christopher went on his four voyages to find
  another route to Asia.

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The parts of the World Columbus traveled,

• The American Continents.
• Hispaniola
• The European colonization of what became The New
  World.

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Facts about Columbus

• Half of his Voyages ended in disaster.
• He was very religious.
• He never believed he had found The New World.
• No one really knows where his remains are.

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Websites we used

• Google Christopher Columbus Timeline
• Christopher Columbus Parents
• Columbus Biography
• Answers.com
• Wikipedia