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1451- Christopher Columbus is born in Genoa, Italy. 

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1451- Christopher Columbus is born in Genoa, Italy. 

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Christopher Columbus began a career when he was a young adult. His father owned a cheese stand and was a wool weaver. Columbus's dream was to become a famous explorer. He eventually decided that he would make Portugal his main base.

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Christopher Columbus wanted to set sail. But there was just one problem he needed someone with riches to finance his exploration. So he decided to appeal to the Kings of Portugal, France, and England. They all declined his request though. A little later Christopher Columbus asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and they accepted his request. They just wanted some spices and riches in return. Columbus also agreed to what they wanted as well.

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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. His career in exploration started when he was very young. As a teenager he traveled the seas and eventually made Portugal his base. Columbus came to believe that the East Indies (present-day Indonesia and surrounding islands) could be reached by sailing west through the Atlantic Ocean. He appealed to the kings of Portugal, France, and England to finance a westward trip to the Indies, but all denied his request. After ten years of monumental efforts but fruitless results, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to finance Columbus in the hopes of acquiring great wealth. On August 3, 1492, Columbus, crew, and three ships, the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, left Palos, Spain, and headed westward.

Land Sighted!

After stopping in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, Columbus's ships hit the open seas. Covering about 150 miles a day, the trip was long and arduous. The crew was afraid of sea monsters and grew more restless every day that land was not sighted. Columbus offered a reward for the first person to sight land. On October 12, a crew member aboard the Pinta sighted one of the Bahama Islands. Columbus set foot on what he believed was one of the Spice Islands, a group of islands in Asia (now known as Indonesia), where valuable spices and riches came from. He named the land San Salvador. Columbus failed to find the riches he expected and continued to search for China. He next visited Cuba and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic). He encountered native peoples who he named "Indians" because he believed they were inhabitants of the Indies.

I Did Find a Shortcut to the Indies!

Columbus returned to Spain a hero. He was named Viceroy of the Indies. He soon returned to the New World but never found the riches he expected. Some began to believe that Columbus had found "a new world" rather than a shortcut to the Indies.

Legacy

Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the continent of North America, although he probably wasn't the first explorer to see the continent, and he believed until his death that the islands he encountered were in the Asian continent. His discoveries were instrumental in the establishment of Spanish colonies in North America. Today, we celebrate Columbus Day in October to commemorate his discoveries.

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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. His career in exploration started when he was very young. As a teenager he traveled the seas and eventually made Portugal his base. Columbus came to believe that the East Indies (present-day Indonesia and surrounding islands) could be reached by sailing west through the Atlantic Ocean.

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On October 12th a sailor on the Pinta saw Land. As they landed Christopher Columbus enslaved most of the natives ( who he thought were Indians) and used most of them as slaves. Christopher was named governor because the Spain rulers as part of their said that he was to be governor of the land he found. Spain was exited to see what riches Columbus could find.

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Every year Columbus day is celebrated on October 14. It is celebrated for Columbus bringing the Europeans to America. Some people call Columbus day,  Indigenous People day. They call it this to celebrate the Indigenous people of America, past and present. What do you think? Is Christopher Columbus a hero or Madman? Its your choice and you can decide for yourself on what you want to think of him as. But his Legacy still continues on.

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Pizarro was born circa 1476 in Trujillo, Spain. Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes were second cousins removed. No one really knows about his Early life or what year he was born,but they gave an educated guess. No one really knows what his early life was like and what he witnessed.

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In 1513 Pizarro wanted more he wanted more riches and farming, and power over people. The Incas were very advanced in farming, they also had lots of live stalk all of this made him want more of what the Inca´s  had. He was very ambitious and sought to improve his life. He heard rumors that there were riches in the new world, he wanted to travel there to discover money, gold, spices, and other riches.   In 1513 Pizarro joined an expedition with explorer Vasco Nuenez De Balboa. He became part of the expedition of Balboa that crossed the Isthmus of Panama. This is what inspired him to defeat the Inca's and to explore the new world.

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Pizarro defeated the Inca's because the Inca's had never heard or seen anything like what his army had. The army was equipped with horses, guns, strong steel swords, they also looked like white bearded gods so at fist the Inca's din't want to harm the "gods" in any way. This gave the small army a huge advantage to defeat the Inca's. The army brought with them many diseases such as small pox, which killed many natives. The army was immune to the sickness but the natives had never heard or witnessed the horrible diseases so they could not fight it off, they eventually died out. This is how the small army of Pizarro's won or defeated the huge group, the Inca's

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Pizarro died of assassination in 1541. In 1538 Pizarro had a dispute with fellow conquistador Diego Almegro. So he had Almegro killed. In 1541 Almegro's son and a few of his followers burst into his house and killed him.

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Hernan Cortez was born in the year 1485. He was born in Medellin, Spain. Cortez grew to be a Spanish conquistador and conquered the Aztecs in 1519 - 1521

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Cortes wanted riches like spices. When he landed at the Aztecs he realized they had many different riches. Cortes was a greedy man and would do anything for riches.

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Hernan Cortez knew that the Aztec Empire was more wealthy in many more ways then the whole Europe Nation. Knowing this made him want more and more of their riches. He had one thing on his mind, conquering them. He knew that he had a greater advantage because they were still using copper swords and just devolving how to use them. His soldiers also had horses which scared the Aztecs and had them fear the horses. The Aztecs also thought that the Europe nation were gods with white beards so at first respected them and let them do pretty much what they want. He knew that the Aztecs sacrificed their people so he thought that if he killed the Empire then he will become the leader and people all over will worship and respect him. That was one of his favorite things to think about, and he did he conquered the Aztecs. He wiped them all out. He had done what he had dreamed of.

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Cortes died of a lung disease called pleurisy. Pleurisy is when the space around your lungs are inflamed or swollen. When you take a breath it would hurt him. The deeper the breathe the more pain that would occur. Unfortunately he died of this horrible