Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Brian Haller ID# 4129259
HIST101 Professor Peter Cash 23 July 2010
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator and colonizer from Genoa, Italy. His voyages across the Atlantic led to the discovery of America while trying to find an all water route to India and China. “In the 19th century, Christopher Columbus was regarded as one of the most heroic and significant figures of his or any age. The Admiral of the Ocean Seas was celebrated throughout the Americas as a visionary who braved the unknown on a mission of discovery that created a New World” (The American journey p18). He had four voyages that where all funded by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Although Christopher Columbus was not the first to reach America from Europe, the voyage of 1492 occurred at a critical time of economic competition between countries seeking wealth by establishing an all water trade route to Asia. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand bought into the idea and funded his journeys. He followed his planned course to India but instead landed in the Bahamas mistaking it for India. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451; this is part of modern day Italy. His father was a middle-class wool weaver, who also had a cheese stand where Christopher would help. Christopher Columbus also had become a chart maker for a period of time. In 1473 Columbus began his apprenticeship becoming a business agent for the important Centurion families of Genoa. In 1476 Christopher was part of an armed convoy sent by Genoa to bring valuables to Europe. He still continued trading for Centurion families and later married Filipa Moniz Perestrello, who was well off in life, daughter of the
Brian Haller ID# 4129259
HIST101 Professor Peter Cash 23 July 2010
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, navigator and colonizer from Genoa, Italy. His voyages across the Atlantic led to the discovery of America while trying to find an all water route to India and China. “In the 19th century, Christopher Columbus was regarded as one of the most heroic and significant figures of his or any age. The Admiral of the Ocean Seas was celebrated throughout the Americas as a visionary who braved the unknown on a mission of discovery that created a New World” (The American journey p18). He had four voyages that where all funded by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Although Christopher Columbus was not the first to reach America from Europe, the voyage of 1492 occurred at a critical time of economic competition between countries seeking wealth by establishing an all water trade route to Asia. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand bought into the idea and funded his journeys. He followed his planned course to India but instead landed in the Bahamas mistaking it for India. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451; this is part of modern day Italy. His father was a middle-class wool weaver, who also had a cheese stand where Christopher would help. Christopher Columbus also had become a chart maker for a period of time. In 1473 Columbus began his apprenticeship becoming a business agent for the important Centurion families of Genoa. In 1476 Christopher was part of an armed convoy sent by Genoa to bring valuables to Europe. He still continued trading for Centurion families and later married Filipa Moniz Perestrello, who was well off in life, daughter of the
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