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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus. By: Allie Johnson and Sara Estep. The route Christopher Columbus took. Christopher Columbus believed he could sail west around the world to reach India as a short cut but actually it led him to America. About Christopher’s life!.

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Christopher Columbus

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  1. Christopher Columbus By: Allie Johnson and Sara Estep

  2. The route Christopher Columbus took. • Christopher Columbus believed he could sail west around the world to reach India as a short cut but actually it led him to America.

  3. About Christopher’s life! • Christopher was born in Italy. He was born in 1451 and died in 1506. He had two sons by different mothers. Christopher’s wife died soon after they moved to Spain.

  4. About his voyage. • Christopher Columbus first sailed on August 3, 1492. He had three ships named the Pinta, Nina, and the Santa Maria. The ship set out across the Atlantic Ocean, it took about five weeks. Many of the crew members died from starvation, thirst, and disease.

  5. Christopher’s later life. Christopher’s remains were moved to Havana, Cuba. Historians have argued about if those were his remains or not ,but DNA tests show that it was Christopher’s remains .

  6. Pictures about Christopher Columbus .

  7. What we learned from this. • We learned that he sailed the Ocean Blue. We learned that he had two sons from different mothers. We knew that he had three ships and the ships names were The Pinta, The Nina, and The Santa Maria. Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer because, he found America and with out him sailing to the America we would have never found the continent of America. In conclusion, that is what we learned from this project!

  8. End of the slide!! THANKS FOR WATCHING!!!!! www.biography.com www.wikipedia.org/wiki

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