Discovered the Americas. He founded the first colony in the new world. He thought he was in Asia. Who is this brave explorer? Christopher Columbus. Intelligent and wise Christopher Columbus was during his travels. Christopher Columbus' date of birth is unknown but is believed to be between August 25 and October 31, 1451 in Genoa, Italy (Columbus, “Early Years of Boyhood” par 1-3). His parents were Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa (“Biography and life story of Christopher Columbus” par 1). Christopher He was the eldest of five sons (Columbus, “Early Years of Boyhood” par 1-3). His brothers were Bartolomeo, Giovanni, Pellegrino and Giacomo (“Biography and life story of Christopher Columbus” par 1). His father was a wool weaver who took help from Christopher. Christopher later got a job sailing merchant ships to Asia ("Christopher Columbus" par 1-4). Christopher always wanted to go sailing as a boy. He decided to find a shorter way to travel to Asia. In this way he would have become rich, would have spread the word of Christ and would have become famous (“Christopher Columbus” par 1-4). He sent Bartholomew to try to get support from England and Spain to enable the journey, but was denied. Then, when Spain defeated Granada in 1492, Luis de Sontangel, who was a royal treasurer, convinced Queen Isabella that she was missing a great opportunity. Finally in April 1492 Christopher Columbus received royal approval for the voyage (Columbus, “Success in Spain” par 1). Then on May 20, 1506 Christopher Columbus died (“The diary of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea”, November 7, 1504 par 2). In addition to all the waiting for royal permission, Christopher made some great discoveries. During Christopher's first voyage, he was sailing for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isab... middle of paper... Then he had no impact on the world because no one knew that he had discovered a new continent ("Christopher Biography of Christopher Columbus ” par 4). An attempt was made to search for the wrecks of Capitana and San Juan but no luck (Columbus' lost ships, “La Capitana and San Juan 1503-1504”). men to found a colony, but all of these ended up being killed by the Indians ("The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus") par 3). The discovery led to an era of exploration and conquest. It has always shown that the world is much more larger than anyone thought (Levinson 99-100). Within a decade of Christopher Columbus' death the entire coast from Honduras to Prenambuco had been mapped (“Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Empire” par 15). an important discovery but he didn't live to know it.