2. Info about C.C.
• He was born in late October, 1451
• He died in 1506
• Christopher believed that if he took a
ship-trip across the ocean, to India, that
he would find riches and such…
• Conquest: Columbus left in 1492 for his
journey to the new world, India
3. Reasons for journey
• He wanted to find riches and land
• There was need for a trade route, so he
went to find and or create one that
connected Europe and India.
4. The Journey
• The sailors were forced to drink their
urine and eat the leather from their
shoes.
• Starvation and infection were common
aspects of this time era that exceeded
when taking on the ocean.
5. Where he thought he was
• This is where the term Indian came
from because C.C was “in India”.
10. Things that he found
• Land, money, people, trade route.
11. Evidence
• He abused the native people.
• He was cruel, deceitful, self centered.
• He did not care if other people suffered.
• Columbus liked watching the natives
die and suffer.
