CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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• life: October 31, 1451-May 20, 1506
• Republic of Genoa (now part of Italy)

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MARITIME EXPLORER

CATHOLIC MONARCHS OF SPAIN

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FIRST VOYAGE

• 1492
• Columbus departed from Castilian Palos de la Frontera with three ships (Niña, Pinta, and the Santa Maria)

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• Columbus visited San Salvador in The Bahamas(convinced was Japan)
• Cuba (which he thought was China)
• Hispaniola (where he found gold

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VOYAGE 2

• Caribbean exploration
• Hispaniola and Haiti
• He set sail on September 24, 1493.

VOYAGE 3

• On May 30, 1498, Columbus left port with a fleet of six ships
• West Indies
• He then explored the mainland of South America

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• Made himself governer
• Arrested by Francisco de Bobadilla
• Columbus in jail for six weeks before King Ferdinand ordered their release