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Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Back round (3-5)

2. Getting Started (6-8)

3. Adventures of the First Expedition 

(8-11)

4. A Friendly Welcome Home (12-13)

Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451, and 

had a childhood like anyone else his age. But unlike the 

rest of his peers Christopher developed a strong 

passionate bond with the ocean. Even when he was a 

young boy he knew he wanted to be just like his father 

and spend his life sailing the seven seas of the great 

ocean blue. 

By the time he was 30 he had sailed the entire coast of 

Europe, yet this was not enough for the driven young 

explorer. At this same time there were many problems 

dealing with trade within Europe and Asia, which led to 

the age of exploration against the developed nations. 

One of their main objectives was to find an alternative 

route to India in order to trade spices and other goods. 

It seemed as if the only other alternative was to travel 

there around the most southern part of Africa and into 

the Indian Ocean. Thus, this was Christopher 

Columbus's chance to fulfill his childhood dreams of 

becoming the best explorer of his time, yet he had 

many setbacks. 

A journey of such vast proportion had 

never been attempted, therefore there 

was much skepticism of Christopher's 

idea. This made it very difficult to 

raise funds for his trip, his own 

country denied him money as well. 

Experts at the time also believed that it was impossible 

to carry sufficient food and water for the duration of the 

long trip. These same experts also deemed his 

estimation of the journey far too low. Yet besides these 

many setbacks he was luckily able to to reach a deal 

with the king and queen of Portugal. 

Christopher then spent the next 6 years 

of his life collecting money, planning 

out and preparing his journey of a 

lifetime. He took the time to pick 

only the best, brightest, and bravest 

men to take along with him on his 

journey. And on August 3rd 1492 he left 

spain with 3 ships: The Nina, the 

pinta, and the Santa maria. 

Him and his crew spent 5 gruesome weeks traveling the 

Atlantic Ocean. They experienced many storms   and 

sickness ran rampant among the crew. Suddenly on the 

morning of October 12th they spotted what they 

believed to be India and the columbus and his men 

rejoiced!

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