Christopher

Columbus
Portraits
 Facts about the man
 Born in 1451 and died in 1506
 „Profession”: navigator,

colonizer, explorer
 Had 4 voyages across the

Atlantic Ocean
 His famous ships: Santa Maria,

Santa Clara, la Pinta

 Wanted to reach Asia, East Indies
 Facts about the man
 His principals: Queen Isabella and King
Ferdinand II
 Got 12000 maravedis (dinar), food and
lodging from the Spanish cities
 1st voyage: 3 August, 1492 (Palos de la
Frontera- 12 October, 1492 (San Salvador)
 2nd voyage: 24 September, 1493 (Cadiz)-
3 November 1493 (Dominica)
 3rd voyage: 30 May, 1498 (Sanlúcar) – 31
July, 1498 ( Trinidad)
 4th voyage: 11 May, 1502 (Cadiz) – 30
July, 1502 ( Honduras)
 Tidbits
 His ships had nicknames: Santa Maria was
„The Galician”, La Pinta was „the Painted”,
while Santa Clara was „La Niña”
 On his fourth voyage he was accompanied
by his brother, Bartolomeo and his son
Fernando
 On his fourth voyage 29 of his ships were
destroyed by a storm
 Was a governor and viceroy in the
conquered territory
 Was arrested in 1500 because of sadistic
and barbaric acts on the governed lands
Voyages
 First voyage

 Second
voyage
Voyages
 Third
voyage

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Santa Maria, „The Galician”
La Pinta („The Painted”) and
Santa Clara („La Niña”)
Queen Isabella I
King Ferdinand II
The New World is taken
Into possession
Fernando Columbus
Columbus in chains
The notes of Columbus
Columbus map
Columbus’ geographical
concepts
The Tomb of Columbus in
Seville