The name of Christopher Columbus is known to many fans of tourism. Already at school in middle school knowledge of this great seafarer who left an indelible mark in the history of development of knowledge of mankind of world geography is taught pupils.
Christopher Columbus proved in the history of the world as the Spanish conqueror of the seas with the Italian origin. Columbus was born in the Genoa republic in rather poor family in 1451 in which besides his personality there were some more children. Christopher Columbus's life was very rich as he traveled all over the world, got an education in educational institutions and often changed the residence. External data on Columbus are known thanks to portraits of the famous artists.
In 1492 this person peddled old stuff, thanks to expeditions, equipped with Catholic kings. Hristofor made four expeditions which demanded many forces and persistence. All expeditions were successful and opened new ways for interaction of the countries with each other.
Christopher Columbus became the first who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and swam in waters of the Caribbean Sea. This seafarer opened Big and the Lesser Antilles and also the island of Trinidad.
Within the first expedition in 1492 Columbus opened the islands of Cuba, Haiti and also Bagemsky islands. However the seafarer considered them new lands of East Asia. Already later land development, for the first time opened by Columbus began.
During the second expedition (1493-1494) Columbus opened some more islands. In particular, Puerto Rico. Also Jamaica was explored a cube.
In 1498, during thirds of an expedition, Trinidad was discovered by vessels under the leadership of Columbus.
During the last expedition Columbus opened the coast of Central America. At that time he already knew that the lands seen by it earlier were not Indian or Chinese.
Christopher Columbus in Spain in 1509 ended days of the life. Its remains zazoronit at first in Seville, and then transported to West Indies. However eventually remains of the great traveler returned to Spain. Now in the Seville cathedral there is a tomb of the great seafarer.