Born October 31, 1451

Died May 20, 1506

Father Domenico Colombo

Mother Susanna Fontanarossa

Contents

1. One of the world’s famous navigators, explorers2. Trips to America3. The first trip4. The second trip5. The third trip6. The fourth trip7. Memory

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World.

Sailed from Spain

His name in Italian is Cristoforo Colombo, and in Spanish, it is Cristóbal Colón. Columbus was born before 31 October 1451 in the territory of the Republic of Genoa (now part of modern Italy), though the exact location remains disputed. His father was Domenico Colombo, a middle-class wool weaver who worked both in Genoa and Savona and who also owned a cheese stand at which young Christopher worked as a helper. Christopher's mother was Susanna Fontanarossa. Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo were his brothers. He also had a sister named Bianchinetta

Commemorative marble plaque to Suzanna

Fontanarossa in the village of Fontanarossa. The

inscription reads Susanna Fontanarossa, the mother of Christopher Columbus, was born in this village.

The first trip (August 2, 1492 - March 15, 1493).The second trip (September 25, 1493 - June 11, 1496).The third trip (May 30, 1498 - November 25, 1500).The fourth trip (May 9, 1502 - November 1504).

«Santa Maria»

The first trip The second trip

The third trip The fourth trip

The first trip

On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships: a larger carrack, the Santa María ex-Gallega, and two smaller caravels, the Pinta and the Santa Clara, nicknamed the Niña after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer. The monarchs forced the Palos inhabitants to contribute to the expedition. The Santa María was owned by Juan de la Cosa and captained by Columbus. The Pinta and the Niña were piloted by the Pinzón brothers

12 October 1492 – Christopher Columbus discovers the America

The second trip

Columbus left the port of Cadiz on 24 September 1493, with a fleet of 17 ships carrying 1,200 men and the supplies to establish permanent colonies in the New World. The passengers included priests, farmers, and soldiers, who would be the new colonists. This reflected the new policy of creating not just "colonies of exploitation", but also "colonies of settlement" from which to launch missions dedicated to converting the natives to Christianity.

The third trip

On 30 May 1498, Columbus left with six ships from Sanlúcar, Spain, for his third trip to the New World. Three of the ships headed directly for Hispaniola with much-needed supplies, while Columbus took the other three in an exploration of what might lie to the south of the Caribbean islands he had already visited, including a hope-for passage to continental Asia.

The fourth trip

Before leaving for his fourth voyage, Columbus wrote a letter to the Governors of the Bank of Saint George, Genoa, dated at Seville, 2 April 1502. He wrote "Although my body is here my heart is always near you. Columbus made a fourth voyage nominally in search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean. Accompanied by his brother Bartolomeo and his 13 year-old son Fernando, he left Cadiz on 11 May 1502, with his flagship Santa María and the vessels Gallega, Vizcaína, and Santiago de Palos.

Columbus awes the Jamaican natives by predicting the lunar eclipse of 1504.

"Columbus map", drawn ca. 1490 in the Lisbon workshop of Bartolomeo and Christopher Columbus

Columbus' handwritten notes in Latin, on the margins of his copy of The Travels of Marco Polo.

Columbus Monument in

Barcelona

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