15 Notable Travelers and Their Adventures
| June 12, 2017
6. Christopher Columbus
Columbus is known as the man who “discovered” the Americas, but we now know that the Vikings got there first in the 11th century. However, his expeditions created a long-lasting relationship with the New World.
As a teenager, Columbus went on voyages to the Mediterranean, and also to Africa. With the fall of Constantinople, Europeans needed a new route to the Indies, and so the expeditions began. After lobbying the Spanish Crown, Columbus did four voyages to the Americas to establish settlements.
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