1. Christopher Columbus
By: Caroline Gamble

2. Christopher Columbus
Columbus was fascinated by the stories he had herd of the wealth in Asia. He had already sailed along the coasts of Europe and Africa. Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the ocean sea, as the Atlantic Ocean was then known .He thought this would be a more direct rout to Asia than sailing around Africa. However, instead of finding Asia he found San Salvador.

3. Time period
Christopher Columbus was born in On August Columbus sailed the ocean blue. On May he died.

4. Poem Christopher Italian, brave, sailor, fascinated,
Giovanni excited, confident,
Asia
Ship ,crew, food
Vessels, death, hunger
Discovered, diseases, names
San Salvador, South America, Native Americans
Italy
Columbus

5. Where did he explore?