Christopher+Columbus

= ﻿ Christopher Columbus = By Jon Hendrickson and Mikle Dill == =__﻿Background Information__= Christopher Columbus was born 1451 in Genoa, Italy and he died in 1506. During his lifetime Columbus traveled to places all over the world. Columbus's first expedition was for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain. Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492 in search of Asia.

Christopher Columbus 1451-1506 was an explorer from Italy who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a shortcut to India in order to trade spices. He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504.

=﻿__Where was he from? Which county was he exploring for?__= Columbus is from Italy. He was trying to find a shorter route to Asia by going west but, he found America. He found many other Islands like the Bahamas, and La Isabela. He borded America and found people and made them slaves and used the land for Spain.

=__What was his goal in exploring?__= Christpoher Columbus goal was to find different things and new things. But his main goal was nobility and wealth, but he never did reach his goals of being wealthy or having nobility.

=﻿__What were the results of his exploring?__= ﻿The results were finding new islands and discovering new things to help Spain. He and other people spread new religion to some new countrys and islands. He found more silver and gold for Spain and also got some slaves from other islands. =__Biblography__= [] [] []