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Despite the miscalculation that started Columbus' voyages leading him to the Bahamas and other places, This meant Coumbus and his crew were severely unprepared. This would mean they lacked enough food, water, and supplies for the trip. At the time, sailors would subcumb to many diseases such as scurvy.

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"But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them." - Christopher Columbus talking about the purpose of his voyage.

"These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished." - Christopher Columbus talking about enslaving the Native Americans

"Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other." - Christopher Columbus talking about getting along with the natives.

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History Channel: http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF_unlvjccA

Brainy Quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/christopher_columbus.html

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In 1502, Columbus persuaded the Spanish king to pay for one last trip across the Atlantic. This time, Columbus made it all the way to Panama,where he had to abandon two of his four ships in the face of an attack from hostile natives. Empty-handed, the elderly explorer returned to Spain, where he died in 1506.

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In May 1498, Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic for the third time.

He visited Trinidad and the South American mainland before returning to the Hispaniola settlement, where the colonists had caused a bloody revolt against the Columbus brothers. Conditions became so bad that Spanish authorities had to send a new governor to take over. Christopher Columbus was arrested and returned to Spain.

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About six months later, in September 1493, Columbus returned to the Americas.

He found the Hispaniola settlement destroyed (to this day, no one knows what happened there) and left his brothers Bartolomeo and Diego behind to rebuild, along with part of his ships’ crew and hundreds of enslaved natives.

Then he headed west, with his own complement of native slaves, to continue his mostly fruitless search for gold and other goods.

In lieu of the material riches he had promised the Spanish monarchs, he sent some 500 slaves to Queen Isabella. The queen was horrified–she believed that any people Columbus “discovered” were Spanish subjects who could not be enslaved–and she promptly and sternly returned the explorer’s gift.

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On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María.

On October 12, the ships landed in the Bahamas, which Columbus thought was Asia.

For months, Columbus sailed to the Caribbean, looking for pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, spices, and other objects and merchandise that he had promised to his Spanish patrons, but he did not find that much.

In March 1493, leaving 40 men behind in the colony of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), he returned to Spain.

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Columbus wanted fame and fortune.

Ferdinand and Isabella wanted fame and fortune as well, along with the opportunity to spread Catholicism to lands across the globe.

Columbus’ contract with the Spanish rulers promised that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found, along with a noble yagestitle and the governorship of any lands he should encounter.

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Negative Outcome:

The damage that Columbus' voyages caused to Native American populations came in several forms.

Columbus and his men committed acts of violence against he Natives, which led to them being driven off of their land and taking their resources.

Some Native Americans were forced into slavery.

Due to the natives having no immunities to European diseases, smallpox was spread among the natives and killed thousands of them.

Positive Outcome:

Columbus pioneered new sailing and navigating techniques, which allowed further and safer travel.

He brought plants and animals from the Americas back to Spain, which led to a greater array of resources.

Columbus' voyages opened the New World to colonization and trade.