Christopher Columbus: opdagelsesrejsende og arv

Christopher Columbus. He was an Italian explorer who found out there was land to the west. In total he made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. He was determined to find a direct passage from Europe to Asia, but he never made it that far, he instead found a land that hadn´t yet been discovered by people from the east. There already lived millions of people in America but his journey marked the beginning of centuries of exploration and colonization of north and south America. Early life Columbus was the son of a wool merchant, he is believed