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GROUP MEMBERS. Leonora Edwards Shinifa McKenzie Makail Pitt Schekeil Rochford. FOURTH VOYAGE.

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GROUP MEMBERS

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  1. GROUP MEMBERS Leonora Edwards Shinifa McKenzie Makail Pitt SchekeilRochford

  2. FOURTH VOYAGE This is the fourth and final journey of Christopher Columbus to 'The New World'. His mission was to explore uncharted areas to the west of the Caribbean, hopefully finding a passage west to the orient. However, this end to a set of adventures is dramatic in and of itself. Christopher Columbus was not liked at his destination of Hispaniola but he was determined by his life-long dream to find the link between the Indies and the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately he was still way off in his calculations and still considered the Indies as being in Asia.

  3. Christopher Columbus was 51 years old and still fairly sickly when he departed on May 11, 1502 on his fourth and final voyage. This adventure included 4 aging ships ( Capitana, Gallega, Vizcaina and Santiago de Palos) holding about 140 men. They landed at Santo Domingo making a plea to be let into the docking area and gain protection from the strong weather which was on its way. It was June 29, 1502 when they arrived and Columbus waited for a response. While awaiting an answer, he sent a recommendation to the new governor Nicolás de Ovando to delay a fleet heading for Spain because of the oncoming weather conditions.

  4. In the end Christopher Columbus was not allowed entry to the harbor and his recommendation about the weather was also ignored. Ovando forced Columbus to anchor his ships in a nearby estuary and ignored his advice, sending the fleet of 28 ships on to Spain. A tremendous hurricane sank 24 of them: three returned and only one – ironically, the one containing Columbus’ personal effects that he wished to send to Spain – arrived safely. A few miles away, Columbus’ ships were badly battered, but all of them remained afloat.

  5. FOURTH VOYAGE Once the hurricane had passed, Columbus’ small fleet set out to look for a passage west. The storms continued, and the journey was a living hell. The ships, already damaged from the hurricane, took more abuse. Eventually, they reached Central America, anchoring off the coast of Honduras on an island that many believe to be Guanaja. There they repaired the ships and took on supplies.

  6. While exploring Central America, Columbus had an encounter many believe to be the first with one of the major inland civilizations. His fleet found a trading vessel, a very long, wide canoe full of goods and traders believed to be Mayan from the Yucatan. Columbus, oddly enough, decided not to investigate this interesting trading civilization: instead of turning north when he hit Central America, he headed south.

  7. Columbus continued exploring to the south, along the coasts of present-day Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. He met several native cultures, observing maize being cultivated on terraces. They saw stone structures and discovered some interesting and vital facts (which made Columbus even surer that he had found the path he had dreamed of). They traded also for food and gold whenever possible. In early 1503, the ships began to fail. In addition to the battering they had taken from one hurricane and several major storms, it was discovered that they were infested with termites.

  8. FOURTH VOYAGE It wasn’t until January 9th 1503 that Christopher Columbus made it to Rio Belen which he then used as a base for on going exploration. Upon his return home he moved out with three ships which meant that one of the ships was left behind at the fort. However, on the next day 6h April the river area drastically emptied itself thus leaving the remaining ship trapped.

  9. A sizable group of local Indians rushed to the fort in assault. However, they were not able to continue to hold the fort due to casualties. Therefore, Christopher Columbus made a decision to leave the ship behind. This leaving the ships in even worst condition with many leaks.

  10. Things got even worst another vessel had to be left behind which left them with only two ships. Another intense weather hit them severely damaging one of the two ships. However, the both ships were taking in more and more water from he ocean and the crew frantically tried to keep the ships a float but it was a losing battle.

  11. On June 25 1503, Columbus made the decision to abandon ship for Jamaica and they found themselves stranded on St. Anne’s Bay. Christopher Columbus then arranged with one of his captains to purchase a canoe from a native and make his way to Hispaniola.

  12. Upon his return, the captain Diego Mendez was immediately imprisoned for the next seven months and was denied use of any vessel to save the stranded Christopher Columbus and the remaining crew. Christopher Columbus was therefore left stranded on Jamaica for about another year.

  13. Diego Mendez was finally released and he further made his way to Santo Domingo but found no vessels existed to salvage the mission. He finally arranged a smaller ship to get the men and it was on June 29 1504 that the group was discovered. And on November 7 1504 that Christopher Columbus set foot on his home island again and officially finished his last and most memorable voyage.

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