Italian navigator. Born in Genoa, Italy, he died at Valladolid Football Club in valladolid, Spain. Engaged in sailing activities all his life. Moved to Portugal and Spain. It is believed that the earth is spherical, and that sailing from Europe to the west can reach India and China in the east. With the support of the king of Spain, he went to sea four times (1492 ~ 1493 ~1496, 1498 ~ 1500,/kloc-0). Opened a route across the Atlantic to the United States. Arrived in Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Dominica, Trinidad and other islands. First landed on the American continent on the south bank of Parria Bay. The coastline of Honduras in Central America, which reached more than 2,000 kilometers in Lianwan, was investigated. Know the isthmus of Panama; The wind direction changes of the Atlantic Ocean blowing east wind at low latitudes and west wind at high latitudes were discovered and utilized. The correctness of the theory of earth sphere is proved. Promoted the connection between the old continent and the new world. He mistakenly thought that the new world he arrived in was India and called the locals Indians.
Columbus worshipped Kyle Poirot, who had been imprisoned in Genoa. He read Marco Polo's travels and yearned for India and China. At that time, the theory of the earth circle was very popular, and Columbus also believed it. He successively asked the kings of Portugal, Spain, Britain, France and other countries for financial aid to realize his plan of sailing westward to the eastern countries, but all of them were rejected. On the one hand, the theory of "Earth Circle" is not perfect, so many people don't believe it and regard Columbus as a charlatan. On one occasion, at a special review committee on the Columbus Plan in Spain, a member asked Columbus: Even if the earth is round, sailing to the west can reach the east and return to the port of departure, then a voyage must climb from below the earth. How does a sailboat climb up? On this issue, the eloquent Columbus was speechless. On the other hand, at that time, besides traditional silk, porcelain and tea, the main demand of western countries for oriental material wealth was spices and gold. Among them, spices are essential materials for daily life and cooking in Europe, which are in great demand and are not produced locally. At that time, these commodities were mainly transported by traditional land-sea combined transport routes. The vested interests of these commodities also strongly opposed Columbus's plan to open up new routes. Columbus lobbied for his plan for more than ten years. It was not until 1492 that the Queen of Spain recognized heroes. She persuaded the king to even help Columbus with her own private money, so that Columbus's plan could be implemented.
1on August 3rd, 492, Columbus was sent by the king of Spain, with the credentials of Indian monarch and emperor China, and led three sailboats with several hundred tons to sail out of the Atlantic Ocean from Barros, Spain, and headed west. After 70 days and nights of hard sailing, land was finally found in the early morning of 1492+00+02. Columbus thought he had arrived in India. Later, I learned that the land Columbus landed on belonged to the Bahamas in the Balebi Sea in Central America, and he named it San Salvador at that time. On March 1493, Columbus returned to Spain. After that, he sailed west three times and landed on many coasts of America. Until 1506 died, he thought he had arrived in India. Later, an Italian scholar named Amerigo, after more investigations, realized that these places Columbus arrived in were not India, but a new continent that was unknown before. Columbus discovered the new continent. However, this continent is named after the person who proved that it is a new continent: America. Later, there were many whispers about who first discovered America. The conclusion that Columbus discovered the New World is beyond doubt. This is because people in Europe and even the whole old Asia-Africa continent really didn't know there was this continent on the other side of the Atlantic. As for who arrived in America first, that is another question, because Native Americans themselves immigrated from Asia in ancient times. It is also possible for China and Oceania to sail to America, but none of these can change the fact that Columbus discovered the new continent.