Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. By the age of 14, he had already decided to live the life of a seaman. He wasn’t an original thinker because others had the idea of something to the west, other than the end of the earth. He spent ten years figuring out his plan and trying to make it presentable to the royalty of some nations. The Portuguese king just thought that Columbus was a …showed first 75 words of 464 total…

…showed last 75 words of 464 total…all was saved by the Nina. the Nina was to big for all of the sailors so Columbus left 35 sailors to colonize Hispainola(a island discovered by Columbus). They then caught up with the Pinta and found out that they had found gold so Columbus forgave them. They then lost them again on the way back to Spain. After his first voyage Columbus took 2 others. The second in which he discovered South America and Trinidad.