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How Did Christopher Columbus Voyage
Voyage with Christopher Columbus It was the year of 1492, when I heard the news from my brothers, Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, that Christopher Columbus will be leading a voyage to find a faster route to the East and that he will be recruiting sailors to help him on the voyage. My brothers volunteered for job; with the long years of experience Martín became the captain of the Pinta, and Vicente captained the Niña. These two ships is out of three ships and my brothers had the honor to captain them; the last ship is the Santa María who was captained by Columbus. I am the youngest of my family since I am fifteen right now; I have no experience but since I came from a family of sailors, it has been my dream to be like my brothers to set sail into the sea. So we had a family meeting and I told family that I want to go on the voyage with my brothers and I am capable of it since I been studying since I was young about the sea. My skills will benefit the group since I can speak Chinese, Hebrew, …show more content…
And with that my brothers left and came back with the word from Captain Columbus that he will think about and the list of people going will be posted soon. Few days pass and finally the names are posted and my brothers names are on it, not surprised. I was about to lose hope until I saw the last name on the board which is Rico Martín Pinzón. We went home with the good news and went straight to packing. After biding well to our parents we head to the docks and aboard our ship. When I board the ship I found Captain Columbus right away and he told that I will be sleeping in small cabin next to his and I will learning under. On August 3, 1492 we departed mainland Spain. Then we quickly made port in the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September
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