Italiannavigator.BorninGenoa,Italy,diedinValladolid,Spain.Lifeinmarineactivities.HavemovedtoPortugalandSpain.Ibelievetheearthsphere,saidthatthewesternroutefromEuropeuptotheEastIndiaandChina.InsupportoftheKingofSpain,hasfourtimestheseavoyage(14921493,14931496,14981500,15021504).OpenedarouteacrosstheAtlantictotheAmericas.HasreachedtheBahamas,Cuba,Haiti,Dominica,Trinidadandotherislands.SouthBankdebutintheGulfofPariaAmericancontinent.
HondurasinCentralAmericatoreacheveninvestigatedmorethan2,000kmofcoastlineBay;knowtheIsthmusofPanama;discoveryanduseoflow-latitudeeasterlyAtlantic,highlatitudewesterlywindsblowingchanges.Provethecorrectnessoftheearthsphericalsaid.TopromotetheOldandtheNewWorldcontact.HemistakenlybelievethattoreachtheNewWorld,India,andsaidlocalpeoplefortheIndians.
Columbusisastrongwillofthepeopletodothingsevenifheencountereddifficulties,butwouldnotgiveupeasilydiscouraged.
Columbusthenapplyforgrantstothekingadventureonthesea,butthekingrefusedhisrequestone;Evenso,hehascontinuedtomeetwiththeking,madehisviews.
Columbussailingtripinabigwindeventofthetwo,foodshortages,hecouldchangetheplan,halfwayout,buthewasdeterminedtopersistintheend,finallylethimgofindanewcontinent.
Columbuslateryearsthekinghasrepeatedlyinterviewedwantedtowrite,buthasbeennoresponse.Columbusdidnotgiveupthistime,hecontinuedtowrite,thelastkingwastouchedbyhissinceritythathepersonallyreceived.
Columbusisalwaysadeterminedandaggressiveperson,encounteredanysetbacks,hewillnotbeeasilydiscouragedordefeatedthewords.觉得好要给分哦~
