HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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He did not know that he had sailed far off course.
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He greatly underestimated the size of Earth.
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He was unaware that Earth was a sphere.
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He ran out of food and water and landed too soon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did Columbus reach the Caribbean islands rather than the East Indies? He greatly underestimated the size of Earth. How did the Portuguese establish footholds and trade on Africa’s coasts? They established forts and trading posts on the coast and seized key ports around the Indian Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Columbus make more voyages to the West Indies? Spain wanted him to start a colony in the West Indies, he delivered people and animals to the new land, The Spanish wanted the riches of the land. Define the Columbian Exchange? Moving people and their ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas.
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).
Detailed explanation-5: -On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.