«Great traveler Christopher Columbus» .
Great traveler Christopher Columbus n n Christopher Columbus (Christopher Columbus) was born in 1451 in Genoa, the oldest shipbuilding center, where many shipyards built galleys karakki and other types of vessels. From his youth, Columbus sailed on merchant ships.
Expedition of Christopher Columbus n n Between 1492 and 1504 years of Christopher Columbus made four research expeditions to the decree of the Spanish king. Events of these expeditions he described in his logbook. Unfortunately, the original journal has not survived, but Bartolome de las Casas made a partial copy of the magazine, which has come down to our days, thanks to which became known to many of the details described expeditions
First expedition n In his first expedition of Columbus outfitted three ships - "Santa Maria" (flagship), "Pinta" and "Nina". The team entered the flotilla of 90 people. During the expedition was the discovery of America. European leg first set foot on the islands of the Caribbean - Guanahani (Bahamas? ), Hispaniola (Haiti), Juan (Cuba). This journey started expansion of Spain in the New World.
n However, Christopher Columbus thought these new lands of East Asia - surroundings China, Japan or India. In the future, for a long time, these newly discovered territories were called by Europeans the West Indies, literally "Western India", as this "Indian" had to go to the west, as opposed to actually India and Indonesia, which in Europe for a long time called the East Indies or, literally, "Eastern India» .
Personal coat of arms of Columbus n Columbus for his great discoveries of the Spanish monarch was granted the noble coat of arms on which the "castle of Castile and Leon Lion side by side with the images he discovered the islands, as well as anchors - symbols admiral title» . [1]
Memory n In honor of Christopher Columbus (Spanish Cristobal Colon) was named the currency of El Salvador - El Salvador Colon. In all, without exception, all of the issued banknotes years of release and all denominations was placed on the back side portrait of a young or elderly Columbus.
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