Christopher Columbus Out of all the many great explorers most people think of Christopher Columbus as the greatest. They think of him as the greatest because he was the first explorer to reach the Americas. He was one of the few early believers that the world was round. Throughout Columbus's great life as an explorer he went on four great voyages and made many great discoveries. Columbus had a great life and many interesting things …showed first 75 words of 1098 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1098 total…he finally headed back for Santo Domingo. His ships were rotted by shipworm and were abandoned in Jamaica. Columbus was marooned for a year and was rescued and he reached Spain in November 1504.# Columbus died on May 20, 1506 while he was pressing his claims in court to be true.# He still believed that he had reached Asia. Columbus lost royal support in 1495 and onward and his career as an explorer went downhill after that.# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**