CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. This presentation was created following the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. Certain materials are included under the Fair Use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law. Further use of these materials and this presentation are restricted. Original presentation created by Mrs. Miner, a teacher with the Nebo School District (Spanish Fork, Utah). Modified by Tracey Fritz, teacher at Churchill Elementary School, for Mona Shores Public Schools students.

  BORN : Genoa, Italy * 1451   MARRIED : Felipa Perestre Moniz   CHILDREN : Diego and Ferdinand   DIED : Valladolid, Spain * May 20, 1506 VITAL STATISTICS Columbus’s signature and Coat of Arms

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS First Voyage * August 3, 1492 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS First Voyage * August 3, 1492 Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain. He arrives in the West Indies and lands on the island of San Salvador on October 12, 1492.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Second Voyage * September 25, 1493 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Second Voyage * September 25, 1493 Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain. He explores the islands of Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola. He returns to Spain in June 1496.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Third Voyage * May 30, 1498 Columbus leaves from Sanlucar, Spain. He finally lands on the mainland of South America. (Present-day Venezuela)

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Fourth Voyage * May 9, 1502 Columbus leaves on his final voyage from Cadiz, Spain. Columbus investigates the Central American Coast. He sails along the coasts of what are now Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

THE HIGH VOYAGE At the narrowest part of the isthmus of Panama, Columbus heard stories that a large body of water laid a few days’ march across the mountains. Because of his failure to investigate these stories, Columbus missed the chance to become the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

True or False: Christopher Columbus was born in So what do you know…

From what country did Christopher Columbus leave when he first came to America? So what do you know…

Christopher Columbus explored the islands of Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola during his _______ journey. So what do you know…

On his third journey, Christopher Columbus landed in what South American country? So what do you know…

On his fourth journey, he explored the coastline of _______ America? So what do you know…

Columbus missed the chance to become the first European to see what? So what do you know…

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