1. Christopher Columbus
The Explorer who I am researching is Christopher
Columbus.He came from Italian and was born in 1451.He
grew up there and His father was Domenico Colombo who
worked as a wool weaver and his mother was Susanna
Fontanarossa. He had three brothers, Bartolomeo,
Giovanni Pellegrino and Giacomo. He became a sailer in
the age of 14, which was always his dream Christopher
became a sailer by spending a lot of time at Prince Henry's
school. He was first at sea at the age of 10, and became a
sailor at the age of 14.He became an explorer to find a
water route to Asia so that many people, including himself
can travel to The Indies, he began to look for a way to get
to Asia to bring back trade goods: precious stones, spices
and many more. After he read a book written by Marco
Polo, since Marco Polo traveled East and managed to
discover Asia, Christopher Columbus knew that he can
reach Asia if he traveled east. Fortunately, no one want to
sponsor him. So, he went to Queen Isabella I, at first she
refused to help him but she promised after a while. His
travel was sponsored by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and
Queen Isabella I of Castile. They gave him three ships:
Santa Maria, Pinta and Santa Clara, some money and a
crew of 90 men. But in return, Christopher Columbus have
to find either some precious stones, spices or land.
Christopher Columbus started traveling in August 3, 1492.
They sailed for 2 – 3 months they finally found a piece of
land, he called it Salvador of Spain (which is what we now
call Florida)He was going to travel to the Indies, but
actuallyhelanded in the Bahamas.