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Christopher Columbus

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Facts about the man Born in 1451 and died in 1506  „Profession”: navigator, colonizer, explorer  Had 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean  His famous ships: Santa Maria, Santa Clara, la Pinta  Wanted to reach Asia, East Indies 

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His principals: Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand II Got 12000 maravedis (dinar), food and lodging from the Spanish cities 1st voyage: 3 August, 1492 (Palos de la Frontera- 12 October, 1492 (San Salvador) 2nd voyage: 24 September, 1493 (Cadiz)3 November 1493 (Dominica) 3rd voyage: 30 May, 1498 (Sanlúcar) – 31 July, 1498 ( Trinidad) 4th voyage: 11 May, 1502 (Cadiz) – 30 July, 1502 ( Honduras)

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His ships had nicknames: Santa Maria was „The Galician”, La Pinta was „the Painted”, while Santa Clara was „La Niña” On his fourth voyage he was accompanied by his brother, Bartolomeo and his son Fernando On his fourth voyage 29 of his ships were destroyed by a storm Was a governor and viceroy in the conquered territory Was arrested in 1500 because of sadistic and barbaric acts on the governed lands

Voyages 

First voyage



Second voyage

Voyages 



Third voyage

Santa Maria, „The Galician”

La Pinta („The Painted”) and Santa Clara („La Niña”)

Queen Isabella I

King Ferdinand II

The New World is taken Into possession

Fernando Columbus

Columbus in chains

The notes of Columbus

Columbus map

Columbus’ geographical concepts

The Tomb of Columbus in Seville

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