Christopher Columbus Voyages Timeline
In 1492 he sailed across the atlantic ocean from spain in the santa maria with the pinta and the niña ships alongside hoping to find.
Christopher columbus voyages timeline. The explorer christopher columbus made four voyages across the atlantic ocean from spain. Columbus gets married christopher married a lady named felipa perestrella e moniz. Having convinced the king and queen of spain to finance his voyage christopher columbus departed mainland spain on august 3 1492. How was the first voyage of columbus to the new world undertaken and what was its legacy.
His father was a weaver in genoa and then owned a tavern when they moved to savona. Columbus looks for sponsors columbus wanted to make a new voyage. He wanted to find a western route from europe to asia. Between 1492 and 1504 genoese explorer christopher columbus led four spanish based transatlantic maritime expeditions to the americas a continental landmass which was virtually unknown to and outside of the old world afro eurasia these voyages to america led to the widespread knowledge of its existence.
1451 columbus is born in genoa the son of a wool merchant and weaver. Christopher went ashore land and clamied the island for spain. Christopher columbus august 22 1451 may 20 1506 born to his father domenico colombo and mother susanna fontanarossa there are many interesting christopher columbus facts about his family. Columbus voyages in 1492 timeline created by nisha405.
As a master mariner columbus makes merchant voyages as far as iceland and guinea. This breakthrough inaugurated the period known as the age of discovery which saw the. In 1492 1493 1498 and 1502. Christopher columbus italian cristoforo colombo spanish cristóbal colón born between august 26 and october 31 1451 genoa italy died may 20 1506 valladolid spain master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages 1492 93 1493 96 1498 1500 and 1502 04 opened the way for european exploration exploitation and colonization of the americas.
There were 2 small ships the nina and the pinta and also 1 big. Columbus swims ashore after his ship is sunk in a battle with pirates off portugal. First voyage christopher columbus leaves form palos de la frontera spain. His most famous was his first voyage commanding the ships the nina the.
Columbus s voyages christopher columbus made his first big voyages. He joins his brother bartholomew a cartographer in lisbon. He quickly made port in the canary islands for a final restocking and left there on september 6. 1476 columbus swims ashore after his ship is sunk in a battle with pirates off portugal.
They lived in portugal. Christopher columbus was an italian explorer and navigator.