Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Genoese explorer, navigator and colonizer, born in the republic of genoa. Under the auspices of the catholic monarchs or Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in genoa Italy and died May 20, 1506 in Valladolid, Spain. He was married to a woman named Filipa Moniz Perestroelo they had two children Diego and Ferdinand Columbus. Columbus was not the first

European explore to reach the Americans, his voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americans inaugurating a period of European exploration conquest and colonization that lasting for several centuries. Therefore they had an enormous impact in the historical development of the modern western world. Columbus himself saw his accomplishments primarily in the light of spreading the Christian religion. Columbus led his three ships the Nina the pinta and the Santa Maria –out of the Spanish port of Palos on august 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold pearls and spice awaited 

reflection: Christopher Columbus had a really long journey.