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Christopher Colombus

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Mind map on Christopher Colombus' life/ people in history account

Mind Map by Karen Traynor, updated more than 1 year ago

	Created by Karen Traynor over 7 years ago

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Christopher Colombus

Early Life
1. Born in Genoa, Italy
2. Believe the world was round
3. Wanted to sail
  1. west to reach the east
Reason for voyage
1. Inspired by Marco Polo
2. Spread Christianity
3. Gain Wealth
Voyage
1. Sponsored by King and Queen of Spain
  1. They gave him 3 ships
    1. The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
2. Set sail from Palos, Spain
3. Stopped in the Canaries for supplies
4. Built La Navidad in San Salvador
5. Thought he had reached Japan
Later Life and Death
1. Returned to Spain without finding the Spice Islands
2. Went on 3 voyages after that
3. Basically died a failure
4. After his death, other explorers realised he discovered
  1. America
  2. Pacific

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