Christopher Columbus was an Italian-born Spanish navigator and explorer. He was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He Died on May 20, 1506. Columbus was known as the first European to successfully sail to the Americas. On August 3, 1492 he Embarked with three ships (the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria) from Spain in search of a westward route to Asia. Then on October 12, 1492 he Landed at Guanahani, an island in the Bahamas, and renamed it San Salvador. …showed first 75 words of 297 total…

…showed last 75 words of 297 total…two years later . Did You Know that Spanish consumers King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella funded Columbus's voyages, and allowed him to govern all territories he established. Columbus called the inhabitants of the Caribbean Islands Indians because he thought he had reached the East Indies. Stopping at the island of Puerto Rico during his second voyage earned Columbus the lasting reputation of discovering America. Columbus brought back several previously unknown crops to Europe, including tobacco.