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• The first voyage took place from Aug 3, 1498 to March 15, 1493
• Christopher Columbus


  Italian explorer, colonizer, and navigator
• Christopher Columbus is remembered as the principal European discoverer of the Americas and he helped bring the Americas to the forefront of the western consciousness
• Christopher Columbus' discoveries and travels laid the framework for the later European colonization of Latin and North America
• Christopher Columbus


  • Born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today Northwestern Italy
  • His father was a middle-class wool merchant
  • Learnt to sail from an early age
  • Later worked as a business agent, traveling around Europe to England, Ireland and later along the West coast of Africa
  • Not a scholar but an enthusiastic self-educated man, who read extensively on astronomy, science and navigation
  • Became fluent in Latin, Portuguese and Spanish
• Christopher Columbus


  • Believer in the spherical nature of the world (some Christians still held the view that the world was flat)
  • Ambitious man who hoped to find a Western trade route to the lucrative spice markets in Asia
• Gaining funding and support for his journeys

  1. Approached the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

  2. Said he hoped to be able to spread Christianity to 'heathen lands' in the east

  3. Spanish monarchs agreed to fund Columbus, partly on the Christian missionary efforts, but also hoping to gain an upper hand in the lucrative trade markets

  4. Westward exploration avoided conflict with the growing power of the Ottomans in the east
• First Voyage (August 3, 1492 - March 15, 1493)

  1. Departed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain with three ships - Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria

  2. Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean

  3. Reached the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Believed to have landed on San Salvador Island

  4. Explored other Caribbean islands including Cuba and Hispaniola

  5. Returned to Spain in March 1493
• Second Voyage (September 24, 1493 - March 11, 1496)

  1. Sailed from Cadiz, Spain with a larger fleet of 17 ships

  2. Followed a similar route west across the Atlantic

  3. Reached Hispaniola in November 1493

  4. Explored various Caribbean islands including Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and Puerto Rico

  5. Established a settlement on Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic)

  6. Returned to Spain in March 1496
• Third Voyage (May 30, 1498 - February 25, 1500)

  1. Sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain with six ships

  2. Sailed southwesterly route across the Atlantic

  3. Reached Trinidad and explored the eastern coast of South America for the first time

  4. Sailed north through the Caribbean islands

  5. Returned to Spain in February 1500
• Fourth Voyage (May 9, 1502 - November 7, 1504)

  1. Sailed from Cadiz, Spain with four ships

  2. Sailed west across the Atlantic

  3. Explored the coast of Central America in present-day Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica

  4. Sailed along the coast of Jamaica

  5. Returned to Spain in November 1504
• Christopher Columbus


  Italian explorer, colonizer, and navigator
• Christopher Columbus is remembered as the principal European discoverer of the Americas and he helped bring the Americas to the forefront of the western consciousness
• Christopher Columbus' discoveries and travels laid the framework for the later European colonization of Latin and North America
• Christopher Columbus


  • Born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today Northwestern Italy
  • His father was a middle-class wool merchant
  • Learnt to sail from an early age
  • Later worked as a business agent, traveling around Europe to England, Ireland and later along the West coast of Africa
  • Not a scholar but an enthusiastic self-educated man, who read extensively on astronomy, science and navigation
  • Became fluent in Latin, Portuguese and Spanish
• Christopher Columbus


  • Believer in the spherical nature of the world (some Christians still held the view that the world was flat)
  • Ambitious man who hoped to find a Western trade route to the lucrative spice markets in Asia
• Gaining funding and support for his journeys

  1. Approached the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

  2. Said he hoped to be able to spread Christianity to 'heathen lands' in the east

  3. Spanish monarchs agreed to fund Columbus, partly on the Christian missionary efforts, but also hoping to gain an upper hand in the lucrative trade markets

  4. Westward exploration avoided conflict with the growing power of the Ottomans in the east
• First Voyage (August 3, 1492 - March 15, 1493)

  1. Departed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain with three ships - Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria

  2. Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean

  3. Reached the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Believed to have landed on San Salvador Island

  4. Explored other Caribbean islands including Cuba and Hispaniola

  5. Returned to Spain in March 1493
• Second Voyage (September 24, 1493 - March 11, 1496)

  1. Sailed from Cadiz, Spain with a larger fleet of 17 ships

  2. Followed a similar route west across the Atlantic

  3. Reached Hispaniola in November 1493

  4. Explored various Caribbean islands including Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and Puerto Rico

  5. Established a settlement on Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic)

  6. Returned to Spain in March 1496
• Third Voyage (May 30, 1498 - February 25, 1500)

  1. Sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain with six ships

  2. Sailed southwesterly route across the Atlantic

  3. Reached Trinidad and explored the eastern coast of South America for the first time

  4. Sailed north through the Caribbean islands

  5. Returned to Spain in February 1500
• Fourth Voyage (May 9, 1502 - November 7, 1504)

  1. Sailed from Cadiz, Spain with four ships

  2. Sailed west across the Atlantic

  3. Explored the coast of Central America in present-day Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica

  4. Sailed along the coast of Jamaica

  5. Returned to Spain in November 1504
• On May 3, 1476 Columbus married Felipa Perestrello
• Columbus was born on October 14, 1451 in Genoa Italy
• Christopher Columbus died May 20, 1506
• In 1476 he moved to Portugal where he became involved in trade and exploration.
• The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world into two parts between Portugal and Spain.
• In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed westward across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a new trade route to Asia.
• He landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, claiming the land for Spain.
• He sailed to England in 1477 and then returned to Lisbon in 1478.
• In 1482 he set out on his first voyage but it failed due to bad weather.
• Treaty of Tordesillas


  An agreement between Spain and Portugal, signed on June 7, 1494, which aimed to resolve conflicts over newly discovered lands
• Division Line


  1. The treaty established an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole, located 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands

  2. Lands to the west of this line would belong to Spain

  3. Lands to the east would belong to Portugal
• Impact on Exploration


  • This division influenced the exploration, colonization, and global expansion strategies of both nations
  • Portugal gained control over its interests in Africa and Asia, as well as Brazil in South America
  • Spain obtained most of the Americas, excluding Brazil
• Global Influence


  • The treaty legitimized the Spanish and Portuguese empires and their dominance in the New World and other territories
• Conflict and Cooperation


  Despite the treaty, conflicts and disputes over territory continued between Spain and Portugal and with other emerging European powers
• Colonial Expansion


  • The treaty facilitated rapid colonial expansion and the establishment of extensive Spanish and Portuguese empires
• Cultural Impact


  • The division influenced the linguistic, cultural, and demographic development of Latin America and other colonized regions
  • Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, while Spanish dominates most other Latin American countries