Christopher Columbus

Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451 to a weaver, young Columbus first went to sea at the age of fourteen.

Christopher Columbus’ Coat of

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Christopher Columbus

On August 3, 1492 Columbus set sail from Palos in Spain with three ships, the Nina, Piñata and the Santa Maria.

Christopher Columbus

After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for 10 weeks, he landed on a small island in the Bahamas which Columbus named San Salvador.

The Journey Ends

On October 12, 1492, a sailor named Rodrigo de Triana on the Piñata saw land.

Christopher Columbus

Columbus made three more journeys across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean.

Christopher Columbus died at Valladolid, Spain May 20, 1506.

Columbus was hoping to find a route to India by sailing west not knowing that there was a land in between.

The King and Queen of Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella started the exploration of America by financing Christopher Columbus

 Columbus led an expedition with three ships.

 

Nina was Columbus' favorite and for good reason. "Nina" made the entire First Voyage bringing Columbus safely home.Piñta returned home and disappeared from history without a trace.

Santa Maria, which Columbus never liked, ran aground and sank on Christmas Eve 1492 in Hispaniola

 

an island in the Bahamas also known as “Columbus Isle”

They landed on an island that was later named San Salvador .

  

 

The Europeans brought with them animals and food such as horses, wheat, olives, bananas and sugarcane.

Trade between the Europeans and Native Americans

Columbian ExchangeColumbian Exchange

 

The Native Americans had animals and crops such as turkeys, corn, tomato cacao (chocolate) and the potato.

Trade between the Europeans and Native Americans

Trade between the Europeans and Native Americans

Columbian ExchangeColumbian Exchange

Exploration Never Ends Some of our explorers of the past 100 years

1903 Wright Brothers – 1st powered flight

1909 Robert Peary – reached the North Pole

1909 Matthew A. Henson African-American accompanied polar explorer Robert E. Peary on a U.S. expedition to the North Pole.

Exploration Never Ends Some of our explorers of the past 100 years

1962 John Glenn orbits the earth three times

1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the moon

1983 Sally Ride 1st American women to fly in space

1993 Mae C. Jamison 1st African American women to fly in space

Exploration Never Ends Some of our explorers of the past 100 years

2003 The crew of Shuttle Columbia, their exploration continues with work on the International Space Station

2003 Mars Rover “Opportunity” still going strong after 900 days

Lunar exploration in the 21st century This century will likely see our return to Earth's Moon. These future explorers will encounter the same harsh and exotic environment that greeted the 12 Apollo astronauts over 30 years ago.

Happy Columbus Day

A Susan Ging Lent Presentation

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