Today for history I read a chapter from my Story Of The World book about Christopher Columbus and I am now supposed to write a few paragrahs out the chapter.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor who wanted to find a sea route to get to india. He believed that if he sailed in the oposite direction he go all the way around the world and end up on the coast of India. He pitched his idea to a couple people trying to find someone to pay. He first tried the king of Portugal but he warned Columbus against the idea. He then tried to convince the kings of France and England but they also wouldn't help. Finally Columbus went to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Ferdinand showed very little interest but Isabella was very interested. She saw that if she helped Columbus Spain could become very rich and powerful from the trading route so she decided to help him. Spain was in the middle of a war so Isabella couldn't help Columbus for 7 years. But she held to her word and 7 years later Columbus set sail of three ships filled with a crew and supplies for many months.
After many days the crew started to complain about the trip, the food and water was running out and they were suffering from scurvy becuase they hadn't eaten any fresh fruit or vegtables in a long time. They started to say that they would never reach any land so Columbus made them a deal. He said that if they didn't see land in three days they would turn around and go back home. On the morning of the second day land was spotted. Columbus thought for sure that he had made it all the way to India but he had acutally landed on the coast of Florida. He called the people there Indians with out knowing where they were. It was later determined that Columbus had found a new continent by a man named Amerigo Vespucci and the name of North and South America are named after him.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor who wanted to find a sea route to get to india. He believed that if he sailed in the oposite direction he go all the way around the world and end up on the coast of India. He pitched his idea to a couple people trying to find someone to pay. He first tried the king of Portugal but he warned Columbus against the idea. He then tried to convince the kings of France and England but they also wouldn't help. Finally Columbus went to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Ferdinand showed very little interest but Isabella was very interested. She saw that if she helped Columbus Spain could become very rich and powerful from the trading route so she decided to help him. Spain was in the middle of a war so Isabella couldn't help Columbus for 7 years. But she held to her word and 7 years later Columbus set sail of three ships filled with a crew and supplies for many months.
After many days the crew started to complain about the trip, the food and water was running out and they were suffering from scurvy becuase they hadn't eaten any fresh fruit or vegtables in a long time. They started to say that they would never reach any land so Columbus made them a deal. He said that if they didn't see land in three days they would turn around and go back home. On the morning of the second day land was spotted. Columbus thought for sure that he had made it all the way to India but he had acutally landed on the coast of Florida. He called the people there Indians with out knowing where they were. It was later determined that Columbus had found a new continent by a man named Amerigo Vespucci and the name of North and South America are named after him.
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