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christopher colombus

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

christopher colombus

ET 9th

Birth in Genoa,Italy
Born on October 31,1451
Death May 20,1506
In Vanlladolid,Spain

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  • Mom-Susanna Fontanarassa
  • Dad-Domenico Colombo
  • His dad worked in Genoa as a wool weaver,gatekeeper 
  • He was the oldest of him and his only sibling, Bartholomew
  • His brother Bartholomew influenced to be who he was
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  • He got married with Felipa Perestrello in 1480 
  • They had Diego, after a year Felipa died
  • Then he married Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
  • And had Fernando
  • He lived in Spain and Italy
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  • He was a navigator and explorer
  • He found America
  • He got rejected three times on his idea on the other side of the world 
  • Until he went to the king and queen and gave him the boats 

work cited

  • Bachman Kevin. Great live from history ; the renaissance and early 
  • Bachman Kevin, columbia electronic encyclopedia , 6th edition , Sep 2013,p1