FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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His was a cabin boy.
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He worked as a cook.
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He worked at a printing press.
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Columbus was a mapmaker.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Columbus, the son of a wool merchant, is believed to have been born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. He remained at sea until 1476, when pirates attacked his ship as it sailed north along the Portuguese coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator, and sailor by occupation. Columbus began his career on the sea at the age of 14. He later worked as a merchant mariner, carrying cargo from port to port.
Detailed explanation-3: -His voyages revealed two continents new to Europeans and initiated a period of rapid colonization, exploration, and exploitation in the Americas. In modern times the legacy of Columbus has been revised to include the devastating effects of European contact on indigenous peoples.
Detailed explanation-4: -This rampage upset the chief and the people of Hispaniola, resulting in fighting and bloodshed. Columbus would go above and beyond to assert his dominance over the natives and executed three of the chief’s captains in a public beheading.