Christopher+Columbus

= Christopher Columbus =

Biography: Born in the Republic of Greona in 1451. During the 1480's Columbus had devised a quicker route to the Indies

by way of sea. He had four major voyages later on in his life.

Voyages:
 * 1) 1- In 1492, Columbus sailed the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria to the Canary Islands where he started his explorations. From there he went to San Salvador, Cuba, Hispaniola, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican Rebublic he captured 10-25 Natives in which he took back with him.On this voyage he found the Americas.

hopes of colonizing and convertinglands he landed on. On this exploration he went only on islands.
 * 1) 2- In 1493, he went out for another exploration, this time in


 * 1) 3- In 1498, Columbus and his ships set out for the "New World for a third time. He landed in Trinidad. From there he continued exploring South American soil like Venezuala and Tobago.



Affects on Natives: Columbus enslaved the native people in the lands that he conquered. He put them to work and brought them back to his home as posessions. On the way back to Spain, many of the captured natives died. He tried to colonize them, and change all of their ways to match theirs.

Affects on World: The main effect of Columbus' discoveries were colonization. The United States could be thought of as a development from his colonization in North America. Also with these new routes, trade was better and easier. More new and different goods could be transported from place to place. Lastly, the discoveries gave people a better knowledge of the geography of the world.