columbus...where did he land?

[DepressiveJuice]

american or the west indies or something else? they didnt really cover that in elementary

 

[ajtomasi]

he was aiming for the west indies, but he ended up at america

"Christopher Columbus dreamed of becoming a sailor. At age 14 he made his first voyage on an Italian ship. Columbus also read books about the world such as the one written by Marco Polo. Columbus wanted to reach the Indies by sailing west. He tried to raised the money for this expedition in Italy and Portugal, but no one would give him the ships he needed. Finally Columbus went to the king and queen of Spain. They gave him three ships; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, as well as a crew and the money he needed to make the trip. On October 12, 1492 Columbus reached the land. He had not found the Indies. He was really in the Atlantic Ocean. The islands he discovered were off the coast of North America; San Salvador then Cuba which Columbus called Juana. Columbus went back to Spain and showed everyone the gold and other goods he had found. Columbus sailed back to the New World three more times."

 

[timrock]

columbus, ohio -its named after him

 

[presguy]

i believe he hit south america.

 

[tiger88]

columbus, ohio -its named after him

i was told the state of montana was named after the football player joe montana......i belived it when it for a while when i first got in the states....

 

[timrock]

really, i heard Florida Keys

 

[ZKaudio]

he thought he was in India... as a result, he called the natives "indians" Amerigo Vespucci got here awhile after him but knew that he had found new land b4 columbus did, hence the name "America" ~ "Amerigo"

 

[timrock]

i thought Amerigo Vespucci was Chris Columbus's navigator?

 

[ZKaudio]

he essentially didn't document enough details of his mission and as a result, went on a more purposeful mission in the early 1500's where he documented and logged everything. However... he supposedly died saying he lied about his first trip... so w/e

 

[timrock]

according to this he landed in the bahamas first of 4 voyages

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/cctl.htm

 

[presguy]

so where will he go next?

 

[DepressiveJuice]

i guess my school district isnt the only one that didnt cover columbus. thanks for the help bros, the little lady and i were just wondering

 

[Paulo]

Alls I know is that we didn't land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us.

 

[jackangel]

I think Amerigo was a cartographer. By the way, all of this information is extremely difficult to find on the Internet, if not impossible. Good work, nougats.