Christopher Columbus Diary Entries 1492
August, 1492. We set sail early this morning. Early for me anyway. The wind was strong and felt good in my face. I’d never been on a ship before so I was hoping this would go well for me, so I would get picked more often to go. ‘Course, I only have Mamá that is my family and it would break her heart if I died out at sea.
The rudder of ‘da Pinta slipped so we had to make an unthought-of stop at the Canary Island. Columbus ordered the other captain to stay there and try to fix it while we went to Gomera to find another ship but alas, none were available. We started to sail back but something caught my eye.
A fiery explosion and the volcano Tenerife had erupted. A mighty sight I’ll tell ya, red lit up the sky as far as I could see with my one …show more content…
“We want to turn back. We’ll throw you overboard! Turn and go back! Let’s turn around and go back to England, we’ll be safe!” I slapped ‘em all.
October, 1492. We sailed about 2,150 miles. More birds came and I saw a boy hit one with a stone. The birds I recognized were petrels and terns. It’s surely dead by now. The people of the Nina fired a cannon and raised a flag, to show they found land. Captain called the island we landed on San Salvador. We found natives and they called it Guanahani. I’m not sure how Captain took this but it’s okay I guess. Trina found the island first. I’m guessing that Pinzon was unhappy. I knew he wanted to find land first. saw Captain and I along with the crew went to Fernandina. Captain’s still stuck with gold in his mind, and right to do so as well, else our Highnesses might get mad at us and kill Captain. Anyway, the trees were very different from ours. The fruits and herbage were more brightly colored. The fish are very differently colored and different species too.
Cap'tain left to go explore on one of the islands this mornin’. He thinks we’re in Cuba.
November, 1492. I checked the hull earlier today day and the rest of the ship as well to see if there was any
The rudder of ‘da Pinta slipped so we had to make an unthought-of stop at the Canary Island. Columbus ordered the other captain to stay there and try to fix it while we went to Gomera to find another ship but alas, none were available. We started to sail back but something caught my eye.
A fiery explosion and the volcano Tenerife had erupted. A mighty sight I’ll tell ya, red lit up the sky as far as I could see with my one …show more content…
“We want to turn back. We’ll throw you overboard! Turn and go back! Let’s turn around and go back to England, we’ll be safe!” I slapped ‘em all.
October, 1492. We sailed about 2,150 miles. More birds came and I saw a boy hit one with a stone. The birds I recognized were petrels and terns. It’s surely dead by now. The people of the Nina fired a cannon and raised a flag, to show they found land. Captain called the island we landed on San Salvador. We found natives and they called it Guanahani. I’m not sure how Captain took this but it’s okay I guess. Trina found the island first. I’m guessing that Pinzon was unhappy. I knew he wanted to find land first. saw Captain and I along with the crew went to Fernandina. Captain’s still stuck with gold in his mind, and right to do so as well, else our Highnesses might get mad at us and kill Captain. Anyway, the trees were very different from ours. The fruits and herbage were more brightly colored. The fish are very differently colored and different species too.
Cap'tain left to go explore on one of the islands this mornin’. He thinks we’re in Cuba.
November, 1492. I checked the hull earlier today day and the rest of the ship as well to see if there was any