Christopher Columbus: The American Exploration

Christopher Columbus, an Italian, was the son of a wool merchant born in about 1451, he led many voyages across the seas. As a teenager Columbus got a job on an merchant ship, he studied mathematics, astronomy, cartography, and navigation. As he grew up working on ships Columbus gained great knowledge in sea routes, sea currents, and how the world was set up. A monarch from one country would be interested in hiring an explorer from a foreign country because they both wanted to gain the same thing from the voyages and the monarchs need help spreading their religion. The voyages advantaged the common interest of Christopher Columbus, and Spanish monarch, King Ferdinand, and Queen Isabella.

Columbus was an illustrious hero in America history books since most people didn't know the truth. But as time goes and people begin to read, they realized that he was the person who discovered America. He set sail on a dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships: the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. His crew almost called a revolution, but then land was spotted in 1492

Christopher Columbus is a very well known explorer, especially to Americans. His accidental discovery of the Americas in 1492 led to his achievement of the Three G’s: God, Glory, and Gold. Columbus set sail with the sponsorship of Queen Elizabeth and King Ferdinand of Spain, with the mission to bring wealth to Spain by discovering a simple and easy route to Asia. However, unknowingly he had arrived in the Americas and since he still actually believed he was in Asia he named the Native Americans that he saw, Indies. Columbus’s discovery was a major turning point because the economy dramatically changed as the discovery led to the Columbian Exchange.

Christopher Columbus is an explorer from Genoa Italy. He began his work when he was a teenager working on merchant ships until 1470. This ship would be attacked while sailing along the portuguese coast, but Columbus survived as he floated to shore in Lisbon. When he was here, he began to study mathematics and navigation and began to plan his most renowned voyage. The reason for his voyage was to find a direct route from Europe to Asia which had not been done before. Originally Columbus did not receive a lot of support for his trip because most felt that his estimation of how large the earth is was faulty. In fact, he was turned down for funds by the Kings of Portugal, France, and England, and 1486 when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella rejected funding his trip twice. It wasn't until 1491 that he finally received assistance and funding for his expedition from Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. Columbus's voyage started on August 3, 1492 where he and his crew set sail for Asia. Although he did not find a direct route to Asia he did land on a Bahamian island, and began centuries of transatlantic conquest and colonization. A key part of his expedition that isn't very known is that Spanish monarchs funded his trip even though he was from a foreign country. There are many reason why these Spanish monarchs were interested in hiring a foreign explorer for such an important mission but he main three are riches, religion, and trading.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator. He was born in 1451 in Genoa. When he got married he moved to Lisbon. He was stimulated to find gold, god, and the Far East. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic ocean hopefully to find an alternative route to Asia in the ships Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta. He completed four sea voyages from Spain to the Caribbeans and South America.

Columbus, nonetheless, is credited with finding the exchange winds and trusted that an adventure to the Orient via ocean was conceivable. Late in his life he trusted that God had opened his brain to an adventure to the New World.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who lived from 1451 to 1506. He was attempting to make the trade route to India shorter by going west over the ocean. He needed money to be able gather crew and make a voyage, so he tried to get sponsorships from foreign nations. He first proposed this idea to Portugal who rejected him, he then went to Spain and proposed it to King Ferdinand. King Ferdinand accepted and provided him with three ships and money.

Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. He was determined to find a direct trade route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Columbus was so sure that America was what he set out to look for that he named the natives Indians.

He was not accepted by King Phillip the second of Portuguese for a three ship voyage of discovery. Columbus took his project idea first to Genon than Venice but still was not accepted there at all too. He went to the Spain monarchy of Isabella and Ferdinand in 1486. The King and Queen said, "They can't help because they were in war now but after the war we will help you." Columbus continued to ask and ask until Spain said "yes". Finally after Spain was out of war, they gave us the support for the long exciting trip. We were off to the New World in the Santa Maria, with the Piñta and the Niña along with us. The Piñta captained by Martian Alonso Pinzon and the Niña by Vicente Xañez

During his voyages, Columbus used navigational methods to determine where his ship was and where it was going. The methods he used were both dead reckoning and celestial navigation. As many other sailors in his time, he more frequently used dead reckoning. He had the speed and course measured and recorded every hour in attempt to estimate the

One of the people inspired by Marco Polo's writing was an Italian seaman named Christopher Columbus. After studying the maps of the world- excluding the Americas, because they weren't yet discovered- Christopher Columbus believed the shortest route to the Indies was towards the west, across the Atlantic Ocean. Over time, Columbus was able to convince King and Queen Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to sponsor his voyage.

Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 on a mission to find an all water route to the western Indies, instead Columbus reached North America where he continued his search for gold and trade.

After his voyage to San Salvador, he then made 3 other voyages to Cuba, The Bahamas, and Hispaniola. Although he was searching for unexplored land, he was also looking for gold which he was unsuccessful in finding. Also in his travels he planned on converting the Indians to Christianity. In Columbus’s entire life he never believed that he had found a new continent. His final voyage was to Jamaica which ended because of a ship wreck. When he was rescued, he was delusional and once he arrived back in Europe, he soon passed away.

During the 15th century a man from Spain named Christopher Columbus estimated that five thousand miles of Atlantic waters separated the Canary islands in Africa and China. Columbus then proposed his hypothesis to Ferdinand, the King of Spain, and was given money for the voyage that could potentially open new trade routes from Europe to Asia. After 2 months of sailing, Columbus arrived in what today is known as the Bahamas. After discovering the new world, other European countries as well began their expeditions to North America after hearing about the new lands. England, France and Spain were the three main European countries that began colonizing modern day United States. But with their arrivals, they had to establish relationships with the natives, and not all European countries had the same relationships.

Christopher Columbus was a leader, explorer, adventurer, thinker, and doer. Although he was rejected multiple times whilst trying to get the funds necessary to travel to India, he did not give up and continued to seek the approval of the Portuguese and Spanish monarchies. Eventually, when Queen Isabella was