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Christopher Columbus wanted to discover a western sea route from Europe to Asia to find riches.

Christopher Columbus wanted to discover a western sea route from Europe to Asia to find riches. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain paid for the trip that Christopher Columbus took to search for a route to Asia. Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World”.

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Christopher Columbus wanted to discover a western sea route from Europe to Asia to find riches.

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  1. Christopher Columbus wanted to discover a western sea route from Europe to Asia to find riches.

  2. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain paid for the trip that Christopher Columbus took to search for a route to Asia.

  3. Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World”. On October 12, 1942 he landed on the island San Salvador in the Bahamas.

  4. Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover a sea route to America.

  5. San Salvador Island is the peak of a submerged mountain that rises 15,000 feet from the ocean’s floor.

  6. The island was originally named Guanahani by the Lucayan Indians. Christopher Columbus renamed it San Salvador, which means Holy Savior.

  7. Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451.

  8. Christopher Columbus was an adult before he learned to read and write.

  9. Christopher Columbus was on a vessel in 1476 that was shipwrecked and he had to swim to shore!

  10. Christopher Columbus never found any riches but believed he had found a route to Asia until he died.

  11. Christopher Columbus made three more voyages from Spain to what he thought was Asia.

  12. San Salvador is an island in the Caribbean with beaches, palm trees and beautiful water.

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