Columbus Arrives In The Bahamas

Explain Columbus mistaken assumption

.1) Columbus expected to find a route to the east by sailing westward 2)He thought he could sail straight across the Atlantic and reach Japan, China and India. 3)Columbus thought the world to be much smaller than it actually is

List four achievements of Columbus

1) Columbus was a superb navigator and one of the greatest explores ever 2)Columbus was remembered as the man who began the discovery for Europeans of the western hemisphere 3) Columbus started the colonization in the New World that is America today 4) As a result of his voyages , a new era relationship between people from different continents began

Why was the settlement built ?

1) They wanted to search for gold 2) There was not enough space

Explain three problems Columbus experienced on his first voyage

1)The rudder of the Pinta broke , and was repaired in the Canary Island 2) One of the logs was false, showing fewer miles than they had actually traveled 3)The compass needle suddenly began to point east of north rather than west of north

When did Columbus discover the "New World" ?

August 3, 1492

Who was Columbus financed by ?

Columbus was financed by the King and Queen of Spain .

What is the name of the first European settlement in the new world

Hispaniola

What was San Salvador called ?

Holy Savior

When is discovery day ?

October 12 th

Who first sighted land ?

Rodrigo de Triana

Name some of the islands that Christopher Columbus discovered

Rum Cay, Long Island and Crooked Island

Name the three ships

Santa Maria, The Pinta ,and the Nina

What happened on December 16, 1492

The Santa Maria was shipwrecked