Christopher Columbus

  • Oct 31, 1451

    Christopher Columbus being born

    The day Christopher was born by his parents Susanna Fortanarossa and Domenico Colombo
  • 1465

    His first journeys.

    His first journeys as a teenager.
  • 1476

    Christopher getting a job as a sailor

    He got a job as a sailor and one day his ship got attacked by Pirates and it sunk
  • 1479

    Christopher getting married

    Christopher got married to a woman called Felipa Perestrella e Moniz. They lived together in Portugal.
  • 1480

    Christopher’s first big voyages

    He did his first large voyages. He sailed between Portugal and Iceland.
  • 1484

    Christopher looks for sponsors

    He wanted to come up with a new route from Europe to Asia, he asked for help from England and Portugal but they refused to help him.
  • 1485

    Christopher moving to Spain

    He was looking for money to help him find his new route so he decided to move to Spain.
  • 1491

    Spain helps Christopher

    Christopher went and asked the king and queen of Spain for help, they accepted.
  • 1492

    Christopher sets sail

    Christopher gathers up a convoy, the Santa Maria, the Pinta’ and the Nina’. They set sail to go West.
  • 1492

    Christopher reaches Land

    At first Christopher and his crew think that they have reached Asia, But they had actually made it to The West Indies, Which then led to America getting discovered.