Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus was born in 1451, to a family of wool weavers.

• When he was a young man he went to sea and became an experienced sailor

Columbus Setting Sail in 1492

• Christopher Columbus departed on his first journey in search of a quicker route to Asia.

• Here, Columbus takes leave of Ferdinand V and Isabella, the king and queen of Castile, who sponsored his first expedition.

He sailed from Spain in 1492 with three ships, the Nina,

the Pinta and the Santa Maria.

Eating on the ShipEating on the Ship• The menu for Spanish The menu for Spanish

seamen consisted of seamen consisted of water, vinegar, olive water, vinegar, olive oil, molasses, cheese, oil, molasses, cheese, honey, raisins, rice, honey, raisins, rice, garlic, almonds, sea garlic, almonds, sea biscuits , dry legumes biscuits , dry legumes such as chickpeas, such as chickpeas, lentils, beans, salted lentils, beans, salted and barreled sardines, and barreled sardines, anchovies, dry salt anchovies, dry salt cod and pickled or cod and pickled or salted meats (beef salted meats (beef and pork), salted and pork), salted flour. flour.

• Food, mostly Food, mostly boiled, was served boiled, was served in a large wooden in a large wooden bowl. They would bowl. They would pick it up with their pick it up with their fingers as they had fingers as they had no forks or spoons. no forks or spoons. The larger pieces The larger pieces of meat were cut of meat were cut with a knife.with a knife.

• Fish was cheaper Fish was cheaper than meat and was than meat and was served more often. served more often.

Sighting Land

• After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for 10 weeks land was sighted by a sailor named Rodrigo Bernajo.

On this voyage Columbus encountered the islands which became known as the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea.

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Columbus’s Arrival in the Americas

• On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew made their first landfall in the Americas, on a small island in The Bahamas. In a solemn ceremony before an audience of uncomprehending islanders, Columbus claimed the island for Spain and named it San Salvador (Holy Savior).

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