2006-09-27 05:09:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I THINK HIS REAL NAME IS CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, MAYBE ENGLISH CALL HIM COLUMBUS, MAYBE
2006-09-27 05:18:12 · update #1
his real name was cristoforo colombo and was born in Genova-Italy, he found out america leading for india, he was the only one who understood they could reach india by sailing to west
2006-09-28 08:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by Made in Italy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He didn't discover America. Other Europeans, such as the vikings, had been to Canada and perhaps new england a few hundred years before him. And even then there were already people living in America. The people that crossed over the land bridge that connected the Bering Straits 150,000 years ago are the true discoverers of America.
There is also evidence, although sketchy, that the chinese explorer Zheng He reached the Pacific Coast of the US many years before Colombus.
Other evidence says that mabye Egyptians and perhaps Romans had sailed to South America thousands of years before Colombus.
have a nice dya.
have a nice day.
2006-09-27 21:37:14 · answer #2 · answered by mjtpopus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was looking for another was to India. he got lost and "discovered" America. the reason America is not named Columbus is he thought this America was India and Amerigo Vespucci said two new continents were found so they named it after him
2006-09-27 13:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by scififed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He discovered by accident America. He was aiming for the Caribbean.
2006-09-27 12:10:39 · answer #4 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
By a HUGE mistake. He was aiming for India.
And about his name: It depends on which language you are using, but both are actually correct.
2006-09-27 12:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by pinduck85 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was trying to find a way to India for spice trade. (Hence, when he saw "native Americans" he called them "Indians".)
I didn't find the route he searched for, but discovered another continent!
2006-09-27 12:26:06 · answer #6 · answered by tweetymay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st of all his name was columbus.
not colombo.
2nd the queen of potugal paid him to find a passage
to india.
he got lost as they all did
and ended up on a sand bar called america......
2006-09-27 12:12:00 · answer #7 · answered by rottentothecore 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He didn't, Amerigo Vespucci discovered it.
2006-09-27 13:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by MUD 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋