BORN ?DIED ?😵

• Between August 25 and October 25 , 1451
• Born in Genoa , Italy

CAREER

• At first he started as a seafarer at age 14
• Later on he sold maps and charts
• He worked from the bottom to the top

- A CURIOUS IDEA

• He believed that the continent Asia was 2,400 miles west
• He told King John of Portugal he idea to find a sea passage
• But months later in return he got a " No Thank You "
• King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella sent him on his voyage

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• Italian Explorer
• Colonizer
• Navigator

FERDINAND BELIEVED HE WOULD FIND JEWELS AND RICHES

CHRISTOPHER EXPLORED:

• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico
• Jamaica

HE LATER APPROACHED AMERICA IN 1492