CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451, to a family of wool weavers.

When he was a young man he went to sea and became an experienced sailor

COLUMBUS SETTING SAIL IN 1492

Christopher Columbus departed on his first journey in search of a quicker route to Asia.

Here, Columbus takes leave of Ferdinand V and Isabella, the king and queen of Castile, who sponsored his first expedition.

HE SAILED FROM SPAIN IN 1492 WITH THREE SHIPS, THE NINA, PINTA, AND SANTA MARIA.

Columbus encountered the West Indies, in the

Caribbean Sea.

After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for 10 weeks land was sighted by a

sailor named Rodrigo Bernajo.

COLUMBUS’S ARRIVAL IN THE AMERICAS On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew made their first landfall in the Americas, on a small island in The Bahamas. In a solemn ceremony before an audience of uncomprehending islanders, Columbus claimed the island for Spain and named it San Salvador (Holy Savior).

Horrible Histories: Christopher Columbus

Before 1492Two very different ecosystems

Two different disease pools

Two sets of flora and fauna

Two sets of culturally

diverse peoples

Two biological ecosystems interchanged to create a new world ecology.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGEWHAT IS IT?

The interchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the Americas following Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean in 1492. The Columbian

Exchange massively benefited the people of Europe and its colonies while

bringing catastrophe to Native Americans.

A DEMOGRAPHIC COLLAPSE

IN MEXICO ALONE, THE NATIVE POPULATION FELL FROM ROUGHLY 30 MILLION IN 1519 TO ONLY 3 MILLION IN 1568.

Aztecs afflicted with Smallpox

Modern-day victims of smallpox

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

WHY SHOULD I

CARE?

Explains why Indian nations collapsed and European colonies thrived after Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

Explains why European nations quickly became the wealthiest and most powerful in the world.

Explains why Africans were sold into slavery on the far side of the ocean to toil in fields of tobacco, sugar, and cotton.

Explains why pasta marinara has tomato sauce.

THE EFFECTS OF THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE ARE STILL WITH US

TODAY.

BIT BY BIT, WE ARE BECOMING MORE REGULATED,

AND THE WORLD IS BECOMING SMALLER.

Assignment: Columbian Exchange

Create your own Columbian Exchange Image. (Map, T-Chart,

Cartoon, etc.)

It MUST include the country it is going to and coming from

You MUST list total:

10 Plants6 Animals

7 Diseases

ANDDraw 1 Plant, 1 Animal, and 1

Disease.