Christopher+Columbus+By+David+Gruninger

(All of the voyages came from Spain) Christopher Columbus by David Gruninger.Chistopher Columbus was born in Genoa (Italy) in 1451. His dad was a wool weaver and later had a cheese stand that Christopher helped him with. They worked in Genoa and Savona.Christopher Columbus had two brothers, a mom, and a dad. In 1470, the Columbus family moved to Savona

Here is what his journal said-- August 2 1492-I am about to find Cathy (China) and be famous forever .I am doing this journe to find gold and be famous. I fianally got the king and queen of Spain to fund my jorney. I will leave tommorow evening. August 3 evening- I am coming from Palos de la Frontera to the Indias and Cathy. I am taking two ships Carreck,santa Marie. I am on the Carrack. (later that evening). I am sailng in the rain and it is a little rough out here. So we are stopping at the Canary islands. We will be there in is about 30 days. September- Fianally- were out of the storms and out to the canary islands. We need to resupply, and repair our ship. We took some hits on the pacific ocean. September 6- We are off again we have our ship repaired, food, and everything else. October 12 morning. I can't belive it! Land ho! We finally found the Indias and Cathy! I will claim this strange area San Salvador under the name of the queen and king of Spain!! (back to info) Christopher Columbus really thoght he found the Indias and Cathey but he didn't. He found an indian filled land now called the Bahamas. The indians called this land right now Guanahani. In fact Christopher Columbus even thought he found the Indias when he even died!(back to journal) We just discovered some strang people on San Salvidor. They speak a language that even the mastor translator didn't know. So we have decided to bring them to serve our king when we leave. But we can't leave now. There is still much more to explore. October 28-I am exploring arond San Salvidor. And I have found ANOTHER land(Cuba). I left some of my men there. I also secretly took 29 natives back to Spain. March 15 1492- I am sailing back from San Salvidor back to Spain. I will go back in history forever as the fist person to find the Indias and Cathy, however Cathy and the Indias looked a little different from what me and my crew thought it would look like. I forget the date but I have arrived in Spain and only 9 natives are back. But now I'm rich and famous and Spains most popular person. (Back to info,no more journal) So Christopher Columbus is not the nicest person you think. He was mean to his crew also. The crew also broght back a disease that killed over 5 million Europeans since the medical treatments were bad. Columbus has three more voyages -one to Cuba (for more slaves and gold)Third voyage and last-He went all around Cuba. Christopher Columbus had lots of voyages and was very rich and famous but not very nice-infact he got arrested. I will tell you the story of how he got arrested. He was at Jamarci and then he was accused of doing very bad things like torture. His brothers were also arrested. They were in prison for 6 weeks until the king released him. You would think Christopher Columbus was a nice man but he stole and did very bad things.(Elder Life) A few years after Christopher Columbus got out of jail, he demanded 10 percent of all the profit made on the new land. Unfortunently the deal was rejected. Since Christopher Columbus was old(For back then) he died. He died at the age of 55 in Valladolid. Some people think that Christopher Columbus was a nice person but he wasnt. Christopher Columbus was remembered for finding the bahamas and unfortunently not being mean.