The Story of

ChristopherColumbus

David Lagares Mesta

Christopher Columbus  was born in 1451 in Genoa.

When Chrisopher Columbus was just a little boy, he had big dreams. He wanted to sail on a ship. He wanted to be a great explorer and discover new lands.

He wanted to find a shortcut from Spain to Asia, a land of gold and spices. He thought if he sailed west from Spain, he would get to Asia.

He asked the king and queen of Spain to help him, and they agreed.

They gave him trhee ships- the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Christopher Columbus and his crew set sail for Asia. The trip across the Atlantic Ocean was long. Columbus and his crew were runnig out of food.

"Land! Ahead!" someone called out one day. Finally, Columbus and his crew saw land. But that land not Asia. Christopher Columbus had arrived on a small island.

He named the island San Salvador. He and his crew met the Taino (TIGH- noh) people who lived there.

When Columbus returned to Spain, he told people about his trip. Christopher Columbus had become an explore. The dreams of a little boy had como true!

Christopher Columbus died in 1506

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