Italian – Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic ocean in search of a rout to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall, instead, in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Geneva, Italy. His father was a weaver, and believed that Christopher entered his trade as a young man. Information about the begging of his seafaring career is uncertain, but the independent city-state of Geneva had a busy port, as he may have sailed …showed first 75 words of 324 total…

…showed last 75 words of 324 total…was rejected by a royal maritime commission because of his miscalculations and because Portuguese ships were already exploring Africa. Columbus second son was born in 1486 Ferdinand Columbus. In 1492 he went to Queen Isabella and Kind Ferdinand and they agreed to sponsor the expedition. They sighed a contract stipulated that Columbus was to become viceroy of all territories he located; other rewards included a hereditary peerage and one-tenth of all precious metals found within his jurisdiction.