Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus

•Christopher Columbus was born in 1451.

• He was a very famous explorer and found many interesting discoveries.

Fact FileFact File

Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer.

He was born in 1451. He died 26th November 1504.Christopher Columbus found

America and proved the world was not flat.

P.O.B: Genoa , Italy.

Columbus’s early yearsColumbus’s early years

Christopher Columbus never went to school but he did dream to be a famous sailor and this dream came true. He made the dream at the age of seventeen.

Preparing for the voyage.Preparing for the voyage.

Christopher Columbus went to the English to get some funding for his voyage. But the English thought he was mad, so he went to the Queen of Spain and she gave him some money to buy a ship and a crew.

Life on boardLife on board

Life on board was very hard.They had to eat biscuits, salted beef and

salted fish.There were lots of jobs to do on the ship

like scrubbing the decks and putting the sails out.

Columbus voyagesColumbus voyages

Soon after landing at Pallor's in March 1493, Columbus wrote to the King and Queen. He reported that he had claimed money for Spain.

Discoveries Discoveries

Christopher Columbus set sail to India but really he ended up in Florida, America. He called America ‘The New World’ and his journey proved the world was not flat.

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

We think that Columbus is important because he found America to live in. He also discovered the world was not flat so when were at school we know correct facts.

Christopher Columbus’s Christopher Columbus’s Life.Life.

By Zak, Alima , Sanom.