Christopher columbus voyages worksheets

Let’s know more about Christopher Columbus!

Christopher Columbus was an Italian coloniser, explorer and navigator.

In 1492, he set off from Spain in the Santa Maria, followed by the Pinta and Nia ships, in search of a new passage to India. He is regarded as the main European explorer of the Americas and was instrumental in raising awareness of the continent in the West.

He conducted a total of four expeditions to the Caribbean and South America between 1492 and 1504, and his opening up of the Americas to European colonisation has been both hailed and condemned.

EARLY LIFE AND COLUMBUS’ ROUTE

• Mikoaj Kopernik, also known as Nicolaus Copernicus, was born in Toru, Poland (then part of Prussia), on 19 February 1473 CE.

  While his father was a prosperous businessman, after his passing in 1483 CE, Copernicus was raised by his maternal uncle, Lucas Watzelrode. Significantly, Watzelrode ultimately rose to the position of bi