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Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus

Goal: to discover a Goal: to discover a sea route to Asia for sea route to Asia for SpainSpain..

WHY?WHY? SentSent by Queen Isabella by Queen Isabella

and King Ferdinand of and King Ferdinand of SpainSpain

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Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusHis VoyageHis Voyage

Three ships:Three ships: the the Niña,Niña, the the Pinta,Pinta, and the and the Santa Santa

MariaMaria Set sail on Set sail on Aug 3, 1492 Aug 3, 1492 from port of from port of

Palos, Spain.Palos, Spain.

CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’SCOLUMBUS’S

First Voyage * August 3, First Voyage * August 3, 14921492

Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain. He arrives in the West Indies and lands on the island of San Salvador on October 12, 1492.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’SCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’SSecond Voyage * September 25, 1493Second Voyage * September 25, 1493

Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain. He explores the islands of Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.

He returns to Spain in June 1496.

Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusExplorationsExplorations

Explored Cuba and Hispaniola Explored Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic)(Haiti and Dominican Republic)

Discovered there was land Discovered there was land between Europe and Asia!between Europe and Asia!

CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’SCOLUMBUS’S

Third Voyage * May 30, 1498Third Voyage * May 30, 1498

Columbus leaves from Sanlucar,

Spain. He finally lands on the

mainland of South America.

(Present-day Venezuela)

CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’SCOLUMBUS’S

Fourth Voyage * May 9, 1502Fourth Voyage * May 9, 1502

Columbus leaves on his final voyage

from Cadiz, Spain. Columbus

investigates the Central American

Coast. He sails along the coasts of

what are now Honduras,

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

COLUMBUS’S HIGH COLUMBUS’S HIGH VOYAGEVOYAGE

Columbus sailed along the coasts of

what are now

Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,

and Panama.

At the narrowest part of the isthmus of Panama, Columbus heard stories

that a large body of water laid a few days

march across the mountains. Because of his failure to investigate these stories, Columbus

missed the chance to become the first

European to see the Pacific Ocean.

Christopher Columbus was an Christopher Columbus was an ambitiousambitious and and talented talented navigator. His navigator. His daringdaring and and long-distance voyage across the Atlantic to long-distance voyage across the Atlantic to America in 1492 is celebrated in the United America in 1492 is celebrated in the United States today. What other character traits States today. What other character traits do you think Columbus might have had to do you think Columbus might have had to be an explorer?be an explorer?

Character TraitsCharacter Traits

AdaptationsAdaptations

•Columbus brought wheat, barley and sugar to grow in the Caribbean. •They also brought animals-we will learn more about how they adapted tomorrow.

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