CHRiSTOPHER COLUMBUS

Facts

• Christopher Columbus took his first journey when he was only 14 years old.
• he went on numerous trading trips that took him to the Aegean Sea, Northern Europe, and possibly Iceland.
• Christopher Columbus was not his real name ,it was  Cristoforo Colombo
• He was a very religous man.
• No one knows for sure where his remains are .

positive affects

• His voyage lead to Renaissance

negative affects

• Columbus and his crew treated the natives badly.
• He bought a deadly disease to America " Syphilis"

Quote from christopher Columbus

• Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World- Christopher Columbus

works cited

• Herring, Hubert. A History of Latin America From the Beginnings to the Present.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962
• Thomas, Hugh. Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan. New York: Random House, 2005.
• "The Effects of Christopher Columbus" StudyMode.com. 10 2012. 2012. 10 2012