FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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His ship crashed into a coral reef.
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The ship he was on was attacked by French warships, and the ship went up into flames.
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Columbus began his 4th journey.
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Columbus became a mapmaker.
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Columbus was 25, he was sailing on a ship headed for England. A group of French pirates attacked his ship. Columbus was hurt, but managed to grab onto some floating wood and make his way to shore. Columbus opened a shop that sold maps and books for sailors.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Santa Maria sank after hitting reefs off the Haitian coast around Christmas of 1492, months after arriving from Spain. It is believed that Columbus ordered some of the ship’s timbers stripped from the wreck in order to build a fort on land near the shore.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas. Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador.
Detailed explanation-4: -Columbus’s journeys to the Americas opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their peoples. Trade was soon established between Europe and the Americas. Plants native to the Americas (such as potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco) were imported to Europe.