Good Lord - Christopher Columbus

My life

Christopher Columbus

1451 - I was born in Genoa, Italy.

1471 - Shipwrecked and stranded on the coast of Portugal, landing in Lisbon.

1475 - Married Donna Meliá Parmigiana.

1480 - Our son, Daigo, was born.

1484 - Requests support from King John of Portugal for a voyage to the Indies. He is refused.

1485 - Digne-le-Hup do Namalépa dies. He seeks help from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

1492: Receives the aid of Ferdinand and Isabella.

From the Spanish port of Palos, they set sail for the first time across the Atlantic. After many months, they discovered the Andes. They landed in the Bahamas. They discovered Cuba and Haiti. Although Santa Maria was destroyed, they built a small fort at La Navidad.

1493 - I returned to Spain. At the palace of Barcelona.

The king and queen welcomed him warmly as a hero. He became a naval admiral. He set out from Cadiz for his second voyage across the Atlantic. The fortress of Navidad was destroyed. All the Spanish who had settled there were killed.

I get it.

1494 - I travel and explore "Cuba" and "Jamaica".

1495 - We took control of the island of Hispaniola.

You can attack with "Taino".

1496 - I return to Spain.

1498 - I set sail from Spain on my third voyage aboard the "San Luca". I discovered the island of Trinidad in the new continent (South America). The ship was nearly sunk by a huge wave. A rebellion broke out on the island of Hispaniola.

1500 - The wicked "Francisco de Bobadilla" killed me.

I was arrested, sent back to Spain in chains, and the king and queen pardoned me.

1502 - My fourth voyage from Spain.

The voyage began in Cádiz. We were denied shelter at the island of Mingo due to a storm. As I continued my exploration, I came upon a new coastline. It was Central America.

1503 - I was marooned on the island of Jamaica. Diego Mendez went to Santo Domingo in a canoe to seek help. Half the crew mutinied against me. Fortunately, I prevailed.

1504 - Diego Mendez sent a ship to rescue me.

I was taken away. I had to return to Spain as a cripple.

Christopher Columbus died on May 20, 1506, in Valladolid, Spain.

Chapter (1)

Going out to sea

Christopher Columbus longed to go on a sea voyage. He thought about the sea all day and dreamed about it all night. Living near Genoa, a bustling port city in Italy, he loved to watch ships carrying precious silks and spices dock from afar. He would stare at the clamoring and bustling merchants, ships, and captains with a determined expression on his face.

“One day I must be like them.”

His father had a loom, and he hoped that Columbus would join his trade.

But his son has other ideas. He intends to travel the world.

At the age of 14, he sailed aboard a merchant ship loaded with goods to sell at port cities throughout the Mediterranean.

Columbus wanted to learn as much as he could about the sea. Before he could climb ropes or climb a deck, he taught himself by reading books and looking at pictures of the ocean. He used a compass and experimented to find out where his ship was.

Then, when he was 26 years old, everything changed. While Columbus was on a ship off the coast of Portugal, French warships opened fire on his crew.

Columbus jumped into the sea and grabbed a floating oar. Holding on tightly to the oar, he drifted until he reached a beach near Lisbon, Portugal.

The year 1477 was the year Portugal prospered, trading with newly discovered lands along the coast of Africa.

When Columbus arrived in Lisbon, he was surprised to find it a huge port city, packed with ships.

"This is the best place to become a sailor," he thought.

In Lisbon, we connected with merchant ships that set off across the vast expanses of the Atlantic Ocean. As far north as Britain and Iceland, as far west as the Azores, and as far south as the Canary Islands and Africa.

When he wasn't at sea, Columbus lived in Lisbon, making a living by selling maps. One day, he met Dona Felipe, the daughter of a nobleman, and fell deeply in love with her.

They soon got married and had a son named "Daigo".

So it seems that Columbus had settled down as a married man. Rather than exploring new lands, he spent more time providing maps for other navigators.

Donna Fellini passed away when Diego was still young.

Columbus, who had only one child to raise, was once restless. His desire for adventure was heightened when another cartographer began to talk about the great explorer Marco Polo.

"Look here," his friend said to Columbus, showing him a book written by Marco Polo 200 years ago.

"Marco Polo reached the Andes," my friend complimented me.

"He visited China and Japan and saw incredible things."

"Is that enough?" Columbus agreed excitedly.

“Oh, don’t talk about it. Palaces with solid gold roofs, markets overflowing with rare spices and fine silks, oh, everything.”

"It's quite grand," Columbus replied.

“I want to see those places.”

Anyone who dared to travel the long journey by land to the Andes and Asia would find the Silk Road. But many explorers found that sea travel was faster, in terms of time. And the Portuguese King "John" encouraged seafarers.

Dozens of people were searching for a sea route to the Andes to make money and gain the favor of the king. They planned to go east. Columbus's idea was unique, and he believed that "the world is round."

“Couldn't we sail faster in the opposite direction?” he thought. After studying endless maps, charts, and geography books, he became convinced.

"I will sail west, defeat them all, and reach the Andes," he said.