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Life In A Brave New World: Christopher Columbus

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I’ve learned that Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Republic of Genoa, Italy. Christopher became an explorer and navigator so therefore his home was on sea. Christopher went to Portugal and got involved in the map making business with his brother, which helped him become a very rich man.
When he landed in the “New World”, it began the conquest of the America’s by Western Europe on Oct 12, 1492. Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. He then landed on the island of Hispaniola in which he thought was Japan, which was populated by some of 3 million peaceful Arawak Indians. He established a small colony there with 39 of his men called La Navidad. He discovered no gold but reported

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