Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a sailor, he was travelling to India around the tip of Africa and it was difficult and dangerous. He thought that if they sailed west they would reach eastern Asia. For seven years Columbus travelled around Europe looking for someone to finance his Journey. Finally he reached Spain. Spain had been in civil war for many years. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella said that they could be as calm as Portugal (Their neighbour). In 1492 he was given his supplies, men and ships. He was given three ships Nina, The Pinta and Santa Maria. His men were scared  that they would get lost at sea and suffer starvation. As the days went by the men turned against him. They said that if they don’t find land in three days they would they would make him turn the ship back to their country. As the night of the second day he was thinking about turning back the next day but he then saw an island in the Caribbean. The named it Hispanolia. He did not know that he was in another part of the world but he was said to that he was in India. He called the native people of the Island the Indians. He travelled three times to America believing that it was India. During his life he never found out what he discovered.

By:Shania