Italian navigator. Born in Genoa, Italy, he died at Valladolid Football Club in valladolid, Spain. Engaged in sailing activities all his life. Moved to Portugal and Spain. It is believed that the earth is spherical, and that sailing from Europe to the west can reach India and China in the east. With the support of the king of Spain, he went to sea four times (1492 ~ 1493 ~1496, 1498 ~ 1500,/kloc-0). Opened a route across the Atlantic to the United States. Arrived in Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Dominica, Trinidad and other islands. First landed on the American continent on the south bank of Parria Bay. The coastline of Honduras in Central America, which reached more than 2,000 kilometers in Lianwan, was investigated. Know the isthmus of Panama; The wind direction changes of the Atlantic Ocean blowing east wind at low latitudes and west wind at high latitudes were discovered and utilized. The correctness of the theory of earth sphere is proved. Promoted the connection between the old continent and the new world. He mistakenly thought that the new world he arrived in was India and called the locals Indians.
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 45 1. Columbus had little formal education when he was young. Although his father was a famous weaver, Columbus was interested in sailing and merchant ships sailing in the Mediterranean.
A brief history of navigation
145 1 year, Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His father is a wool merchant. At the age of 26, he began to sail with merchant ships. The farthest countries he has been to are Northern Europe, Iceland and Guinea in Africa.
At that time, many European countries gradually became stronger, and their ships only went to Africa and Asia, bringing a large number of valuables such as gold, silver, silk and tea from the East. Columbus wanted to open another route to India and China. 1492 On August 2nd, Columbus left Spain with three ships and started his first voyage. After two months of hard sailing, they arrived at an island in the Bahamas on 10/2. 10 year129 October, they arrived in Cuba. But a few days later, a ship left the fleet without authorization. 12 On February 25th, Columbus's flagship sank. Fortunately, the ship that left them joined them again. On March 4th, 1493, they returned to Lisbon.
Although they didn't reach the rich East and brought back gold and silver treasures, they went to a place that Europeans had never been to. Columbus thought that the place he went to belonged to India, and he called the island "West Indies".
From 1492 to 1504, Columbus sailed to America three times. He went to most beautiful coasts and established many colonies.
1On May 20th, 506, Columbus died.