FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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practiced sailing
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went to school
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hired sailors
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bought a boat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the morning of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, going down the Rio Tinto and into the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christopher Columbus did not go to college. He began working on merchant ships sailing between ports on the Mediterranean Sea in his early teenage years.
Detailed explanation-4: -Caravels of Columbus With a crew of 90 men and three ships-the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria-he left from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. Columbus reasoned that since the world is round, he could sail west to reach “the east” (the lucrative lands of India and China).