How Did Christopher Columbus First Voyage

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 to find the New World also known as America. He was born in 1451 in Republic of Genoa, Italy to Domenico Colombo and Suzanna Fontanarossa. Columbus was the oldest of three brothers and one sister. His brothers names were Bartholomew, Giacomo, and Giovanni Pellegrino; his only sister’s name was Bianchinetta. Growing up his family was not very wealthy, so he only had a meager education. When he was a boy, he would help and work with his father. In 1479 he married Felipa Perestrelo e Monis, daughter of Bartolomeu and had one son named Diego in 1480. The couple first lived in Lisbon then they moved to Porto Santo where she soon died after the birth of Diego. In 1488, eight years after the birth of Diego, Christopher Columbus had second child Ferdinand, out of wedlock with Beatriz Enriquez de Arana. Although, he never married her, she was his constant companion in life.
In January of 1492, the monarchs agreed to finance his expeditions. Later that same year in August he left Spain with the Santa Maria, Pinta, and the Niña. Thirty-six days into his expedition he landed in the Bahamas. Columbus then continued on his journey and visited Cuba and Hispaniola. On the way there the Santa Maria wrecked off the coast of Hispaniola. He then had to build a settlement named Villa de la Navidad, which translates to Christmas Town in English, from the wreckage of the ship. Once the settlement was built, thirty-nine of the crewman stayed behind to take of it while he returned to Spain in 1943. (Christopher Columbus Biography.)
Columbus then explored the Caribbean Ocean Ocean then returned to Villa de la Navidad. Upon arriving he found that his settlement was destroyed and his crew members were massacred. He wanted to rebuild his settlement so he decided that the only way to rebuild was force labor. (Christopher Columbus