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    Christopher Columbus’s life was filled with adventures and new beginnings that would leave a remarkable impression throughout history. Born in 1451 in Genoa, Columbus from an early age would become well acclimated to sailing as he began his career aboard a merchant ship and later study mathematics, astronomy, cartography, and navigation. Growing up and experiencing new thing Columbus began to come up with a plan different from all others to set sail across the Atlantic instead of going around the

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    Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 at Genoa. Genoa was a seaport that was on the Ligurian sea. His name was Cristoforo Colombo and that was translated into English as Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had two brothers, which he was older than both. Christopher Columbus had little schooling just like most of the people during that age. Genoa was a busy seaport and Christopher Columbus learned much from the sailors. Christopher Columbus’s father was a poor weaver. Christopher Columbus worked

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    1.) There are a lot of reasons why Christopher Columbus was a great leader and in this journal it shows many examples. For instance Christopher Columbus is very loyal to his king back in his homeland has he always says he will return to his highness and tell his ability with all of his discoveries. Also he is a hero because the islands he came across he let natives sail with him and he gave them hope which he does through god and Christian belief, and he doesn’t force them to anything he gives natives

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    In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America. He helped build implement a trade network between Europe (old world) and the America (new world). Which introduced new food and technology to both worlds. Although Christopher Columbus is recognized as a hero, who discovered the America and made it what it is today, his motives were to take all the valuable goods from the new world to the Spain. He have killed millions of natives. In 1492, when Christopher Columbus began to sail, he wanted to go

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    Christianity is now on the move world wide. http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com    Christopher Columbus: Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. Little is recorded of his early life, but what is known he worked as a seaman and later a maritime entrepreneur. He became deeply interested in the possibility of pioneering a western sea route to Cathay, India, Christopher was a very devout Catholic. His very name Christopher, which means Christ-bearer, gives him the desire to spread the message of Christianity

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    Columbus is an explorer who credited himself and Spain with the discovery of new land, which is today known as San Salvador; however, a day dedicated to a man who ‘found’ a territory that already had human inhabitants and glorifies a voyage that resulted in a mass genocide, cruelty, and slave trade should not be celebrated. On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew piled onto three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria on a trip funded by Ferdinand and Isabella in hopes to spread

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    Christopher Columbus' expedition You will be reading about Christopher Columbus' exploration in this essay. You will learn about Christopher Columbus and his exploration to America. Today it would cost $500,000 dollars for Christopher columbus' first exploration. On august 3, 1492 Columbus set sail on his first exploration, southwest to the Canary Islands near the northwest African mainland, instead of sailing west to the islands of the Azores. Consortia put together by a royal treasury official

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    1492 to Christopher Columbus. The true importance and history of Christopher Columbus is highly debated and is often misconstrued by the bias of textbooks writers. As students, most of us were taught the rhyme “in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. Columbus was portrayed as one of the first American hero’s in our classrooms without question. Many of us can clearly recall Columbus Day celebrations in which students made arts and craft and sang songs about this hero by the name of Christopher Columbus

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    Christopher Columbus was a very intelligent and dedicated Italian explorer that accounted for many great explorations and discoveries. He was born to a semi-large family, with three brothers and a sister. His father, Domenico Colombo, was a wool weaver; his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa. He was considered a seaman, Catholic, and was a self-taught cartographer. He had several jobs throughout his younger years, business agent for families in Genoa. He also traveled with the Portuguese to Iceland

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    they sponsored Christopher Columbus on his voyage. With Columbus being an educated and intellectual man, in addition to his extensive history in past accomplished voyages, he persuaded the Spanish Monarchy that he would be the right candidate to fulfill their needs. Not only did he help the Spanish conquer pioneering , but his journey marked the beginning of centuries of transatlantic conquests and colonization. Born in the Republic of Genoa, a protege was soon to be created. Columbus started working

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