Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in a worker’s family. He enjoyed going to the sea when he was a young boy.
He heard that there was a lot of gold and other valuable things in East India. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship. On August 3, 1492, he sailed toward the west from Palos, Spain with three ships. After many days, the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land, an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba, he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.
In his life, he made four trips across the ocean. His 13-year-old son, Ferdinand, went with him during the last time. He returned to Spain in 1504. Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension(退休金) the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He died in 1506, still believing that he had found a new route to East India and that he had reached Asia.
Columbus didn’t get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. He is remembered by all not only for the New World he discovered, but also for the way he led for other explorers.
Christopher Columbus and His Sailing | |
Personal information | ● Columbus was from a worker’s family. His 1. place is Genoa, Italy. ● He didn’t get to school very much, but he loved to go to the 2. as a very young boy. |
His four sailing 3. | ● He sailed with three ships from Spain 4. he wanted to look for the treasure in East India. During their first sailing, they found land, an island 5. San Salvador by him. ● The world was 6. larger than he thought and he considered Cuba as Japan by mistake. ● Later in his life, he had 7. three trips across the ocean. Finally he came back home in 1504. ● 8. of being rich, he only got a pension given by the king and the queen because he found the New World. |
His great achievements | ● He learnt Spanish and Latin 9. himself during his travels. ● People 10. Columbus because he discovered a New World and led the way for other explorers. |
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