Christopher Columbus
by: Mia Pinsonault
Why did he go
He hoped to find a route to India
Beleived that he could reach Asia by sailing west instead of east around Africa
He wanted to trade for spices
Spices were important because they:
Flavored food
Preserved food
- Became very expensive after Arab middleman shipped them to Europe
What issues did he have on the way there?
There was harsh weather and people
3 ships got wrecked and destroyed
The people on the ships had diseases that spread to other people on the ship which caused a lot of deaths
There supply of food and water was very low
What controversies are there over Columbus?
He was not the first person to get to the Americas
He went West instead of East
- He did not plan on going to the Americas he wanted to go to Asia