Christopher Columbus

Was Italian
Asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to pay for his
journey.
He was in search of a better way to get to India in search of riches and
gold.
He was given 3 ships by Spain: The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa
Maria
His expedition landed in the Bahamas (Caribbean Islands) on October
12, 1492.
Called the Natives he met Indians because he believed he was in
India.
Spain sent Columbus back to America to set up a colony in the
Bahamas that could bring profits to Spain.
He influenced other explorers to travel to the New World he had
discovered.
Columbus set up the Columbian Exchange, which is the movement of
goods, people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the
Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.