By: Graham and Max

Born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy (a small port in Italy)

Died May 20th ,1506 Christopher became a sailor at age

14 He originally was going to be

sponsored by Portugal

He Sailed for Spain. What was the motive behind him

sailing? To Spread holiness and wealth

The boats that the King and Queen provided him with were the; Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria

Sailed years of 1492-1506 Christopher Columbus sailed 5

voyages throughout his life for Spain

Columbus found Cuba and the West Indies

Columbus claimed the island of San Salvador

Columbus gave American-Indians to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to use as slaves

And while he was there looked for gold

In 1493 Columbus returned to the Caribbean and set up a Spanish colony on the island of Hispaniola. But a Indian tribe was all ready there, their name was thee Arawaks. Columbus believed that the Arawaks were very gentle, the Arawaks said they wanted to cause no harm and wanted peace with the Europeans. But the sailors didn’t. The sailors stole from the Arawaks. And many sailors took the Arawaks back to Spain and sold them as slaves. The Arawaks also caught European diseases which their body could not fight and they would die from it. 50 years after Columbus’s arrival nearly all the Arawaks of Hispaniola were dead.

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