Christopher Columbus – Explorer
Words: 588 Pages: 2 4823Christopher Columbus, born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy, was an explorer who explored islands south of North America, present-day Cuba, the Bahamas, and part of Central America. Columbus became a sailor at the age of 14 and was determined to become an explorer. He married Felipa Perestrello Moniz in 1479 and had one child, Diego. Felipa died in either 1494 or 1495. Columbus wished to go to Japan to obtain silks and spices by traveling west, avoiding the common route […]