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ChristopherColumbus1ChristopherColumbus'fatherwasabusinessman,aweaver.Hismother'sfamilywerealsoweavers.MaybetheyhopedthatonedayChri

stopherwouldgointotheweavingbusinesstoo,butChristopherhadideasofhisown.GrowingupintheseaportcityofGenoa,Italy,hehadwatche

dshipscomingandgoingallthetime,andhebegantodreamofsailingoutonagreatadventureofhisown.2Lotsofpeopledreamofadventureswhenthey

arechildren,butChristopherdidn'tjustdream,hedidsomethingaboutit.Heworkedhardtogetwhathewanted.Onethingthathedidea

rlyinhislifewastogetagoodeducation.Hedidn'tgotoschoolforlong,buthecontinuedhiseducationonhisowntobesurethathelearnedthethingsthath

ewouldneedtoknow.HetaughthimselfLatinandSpanish,sothathecouldcommunicatewithpeoplefromdifferentplaces.Whenhewas14yearsold,hesignedonasadeckh

andonsailingshipstolearnallaboutsailing.3Atthattime,manyshipsweresailingoffonadventures.Someofthemsailedeast,aroundAfricatoreachwhatth

eycalledtheIndies,whichincludesthemoderncountriesofIndia,China,andJapan.Columbus,knowingthattheworldwasround,thoughtthathecouldgettherebysailin

gwest.Hedidn'tknowthattherewerewholecontinents,NorthandSouthAmerica,andthenthePacificOceaninhisway!4Thevoyagewestwouldbeanexpensiveon

e,andColumbus'firstjobwastofindsomeonerichtosponsorhim.Aftermanytries,QueenIsabellaandKingFerdinandofSpaintookaninterestinhisplan.Columbusha

daskedforalot,andmaybehewassurprisedwhentheyagreedtoeverythingheaskedfor;threeships,honorsandtitles,andaper

centoftheprofitfromthetrade.5HisthreeshipswerenamedtheSantaMaria,thePinta,andtheNina.TheSantaMariawasthelargest;itwasaheavyc

argoshipwiththreemasts,twosquaresails,onetriangularsail,andanotherlittletopsail.ThePintawassmallerandfa

ster,thekindofshipcalledacaravel.TheNinawasacaraveltoo,andthesmallestofthethree.Theshipsweremadeofwoodand,ofcourse

,hadnomotors.Someoftheofficershadbunkbeds;someoftheothersailorsdidn'tevenhavethat.Theyusedwoodtocookthei

rfoodinfireboxesonthedeck.6Columbus,whocalledhimselfCristobalColoninSpain,captainedtheSantaMaria.Twobrothers,MartinandVincent

ePinzon,werethecaptainsofthePintaandtheNina.Altogether,therewereabout90menonthethreeshipsthatsetsailinAugus

tof1492.7Columbuskeptalog,orajournal,thatgivesusinformationabouthisvoyage.Fromhislog,weknowthattheysailedby"deadreckoning,"wh

ichwastheirwayofmeasuringtheircourse.Theyusedonlyamagneticcompass,andmeasurementsofdistanceandtime,tokeepthemontra

ck.Theshipsaveragedaspeedofabout150milesperday,butwhenthewindwasgood,theycouldgotwicethatfast.Whenthewindstopped,theshipssatstilltoo.8Thetriptu

rnedouttotakemuchlongerthananyoneonboardexpected.Aftermanydaysandnightsatsea,thesailorswerereadytoreturnhome.OnOctober10,Columbustalkedthemintosailin

gforwardforjustthreemoredays.OnOctober12,theysightedland,andthesamedaytheylanded,notintheIndies,butintheNe

wWorld.Therest,astheysay,ishistory.