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Answers to Columbus Web Hunt
-
Genoa
,
Italy
- Age
14
- His
first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his
life as the commercial fleet he was sailing with was attacked by
French privateers off the coast of
Portugal
. His ship was burned and
Columbus
had to swim to the Portuguese shore and make his way to
Lisbon
,
Portugal
, where he eventually settled.
- 1506
(his body was interred in Valladolid, Santo Domingo in
Hispaniola then returned to Spain in 1899 and interred in
Seville cathedral.)
- Trade
Routes to
Asia
- King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of
Spain
- North
and South America and the
Pacific Ocean
- Gold
- Spices - Silks (From Far East) - Spread Christianity - Lead
Expedition to
China
- Title
of "Admiral of the
Ocean
Seas
" - Governor of all discovered lands - 10% of profits
- Fastest:
Pinta
Slowest:
Santa Maria
Sank:
Santa Maria
- Contrary
to popular myth,
Columbus
’s crew on the first voyage were not a bunch of cutthroats.
They were mostly ‘hometown boys’ from
Andalusia
, and nearly all experienced seamen.
-
Bahamas
,
Cuba
, and Hispaniola (could also add
Canary Islands
)
- Native
People gave him parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many
other things
He gave the glass beads and Hawks’ bells
- Said
he reached Asia and an island off the coast of
China
– No
- Built
it with the wreckage from the
Santa Maria
- Dominica
Guadeloupe
Jamaica
-
Trinidad Tobago Grenada Margarita and S.American mainland
-
First: Asiatic people who became Native Americans
Second:
Norse Explorers/Vikings
-
Started permanent large-scale two-way commerce between Old and
New
Worlds, made Europeans
aware of the
Americas
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