Christopher Columbus?

Question

What did he discover?

Answer 1

Colombus discovered the sea route to west indes by accident. He was out to sail to India. But instead he drifted on the the carribean. We wrongly credit Columbus and Amerigo with discovery of America. They were discoverers of the sea route know to this modern world, to Carribean Islands and America.

Those islands and the continents were inhabited by human beings before these sailors were there. So they didn't discover the land, but the sea routes from europe to those lands.

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Answer 2

Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. He had noted in his lifetime that he was born in Genoa, Italy.



His birth name was Cristoforo Colombo. He eventually became an admiral for the Crown of Castile. The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Also well known are his name's rendering in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo and in Castilian Spanish as Cristóbal Colón.




Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498.





Likewise, he was not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas, as there are accounts of European transatlantic contact prior to 1492. Nevertheless, Columbus's voyage came at a critical time of growing national imperialism and economic competition between developing nation states seeking wealth from the establishment of trade routes and colonies. Therefore, the period before 1492 is known as Pre-Columbian.



The anniversary of the 1492 voyage (vd. Columbus Day) is observed throughout the Americas and in Spain. Columbus has always been a divisive figure


- contemporary perceptions of him at various royal courts, among the people living in the lands that he claimed for Spain, and even among his own followers and colleagues evidenced extreme disagreements about his actions and intentions. Competing historical interpretations





he became the the great sailor
he discovered america
he not only discoverad amrica
but also many other

he became
''discoverer of the the theasurast nation''

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. He had noted in his lifetime that he was born in Genoa, Italy. His birth name was Cristoforo Colombo. He eventually became an admiral for the Crown of Castile. The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Also well known are his name's rendering in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo and in Castilian Spanish as Cristóbal Colón.

Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498. Likewise, he was not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas, as there are accounts of European transatlantic contact prior to 1492. Nevertheless, Columbus's voyage came at a critical time of growing national imperialism and economic competition between developing nation states seeking wealth from the establishment of trade routes and colonies. Therefore, the period before 1492 is known as Pre-Columbian.

The anniversary of the 1492 voyage (vd. Columbus Day) is observed throughout the Americas and in Spain. Columbus has always been a divisive figure - contemporary perceptions of him at various royal courts, among the people living in the lands that he claimed for Spain, and even among his own followers and colleagues evidenced extreme disagreements about his actions and intentions. Competing historical interpretations of his life and legacy continue this tradition of discord.

Answer 4

Chris discovered the land of America,
but he didn't know it was america, he thought he found India or some indian island, hence calling Native Americans.. indians.

Answer 5

wanted to discover India but found west indies in 1498

Answer 6

when he was trying to fin d out a sea root to INDIA he accidentally discovered the west indies & then after america

Answer 7

That you'll run into a HUGE landmass if you sail West from Europe to Asia.

Answer 8

He discovered that wealth lay westward as well as eastward for colonial europe.

Answer 9

Enthusiasm in sea voyage.

Answer 10

osama can blame him for discovering america