Christopher columbus facts biography of albert einstein
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Columbus: Past, present and future…
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Mankind has always been fascinated by the unknown. The earliest explorers went in search of food and better homes. Later, the search for new lands and trading posts led to huge developments in ships and navigation. Now, the search for life on other planets and exploring the universe holds the same fascination as it always has done. Progress made in technology and science has enabled man to land on the Moon in the late ’s and early ’s. Today, mankind has a permanently manned human outpost in Low Earth Orbit. It is called the International Space Station, to which the European “contribution”, the Columbus Laboratory, is due to be attached in early
Past
The name Columbus has been linked to discovery, exploration and far off lands….
Christopher Columbus is believed to have been born in Genoa (now Italy). In he departed with 3 sailing ships and around crew, mostly experienced seamen, to find a route to India to trade in spices.
The ships (Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria) were between 15 and 36 metres in length and had a mass of around 50 to kilograms (kg).
The ships had a logo (ensign) – which showed they were sai
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Christopher Columbus: A Brief Biography
A man of convictions, Christopher Columbus used his strong personality to persuade rulers and scholars to overlook the accepted theories about the size of the Earth to search out a new route to Asia. Although he wasn't the first European to find the American continent (that distinction goes to Viking Leif Ericson), his journeys opened up the trade of goods and ideas between the two lands.
Born by the sea
Born in to Domenico and Susanna (Fontanarossa), young Christopher grew up in Genoa, Italy. While living in Spain in later years, he went by Cristóbal Colón rather than his given name of Cristoforo Colombo. He was the oldest of five, and worked closely with his brothers in adulthood.
Located on the northwest coast of Italy, Genoa was a seaport city. Columbus completed his formal education at an early age and began sailing on trading trips. In , he traveled to Portugal, where he set up a mapmaking business with his brother, Bartholomew. In , he married Felipa Perestrello Moniz, the daughter of the governor of a Portguese island. Their only child, Diego, was born in Felipa died a few years later. His second son, Fernando, was born in to Beatriz Enriquez de Arana.
Round Earth and a route to Asia
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