Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was a Spanish-Italian Navigator, born between August 25th and October 31st, 1451 in the seaport city of Genoa, Italy. His father was a wool weaver and at the age of 14, Christopher Columbus began a seafaring career. Between voyages, Christopher Columbus kept busy with the making and selling of charts and maps. As a young student of natural science as a seafarer, Columbus was fascinated by Marco Polo's travels to Asia in 1275. Columbus was sent to Asia to gather spices and silk. Columbus had to make a choice to go to the Asia by sailing west instead of est, to get the spices and the silk. In this journey, Columbus had to take risks for finding Asia. Back then, people thought that the world was flat and the only way you could there would be by sailing est, but Columbus was curious and wanted to sail west. Columbus had to wait a long time....

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