Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids: With 21 Activities

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Time Line Early Years 1451 Columbus is born in Genoa Italy By the age of 14 he takes to the sea 1476 Columbus swims ashore after his ship is sunk in a battle with a Franco Portuguese war fleet off Portugal 1480 Eldest son Diego is born 1484 Columbus conceives of the Enterprise of the Indies fails to get backing from King João I of Portugal 1488 Second son Fernando is born 1490 The king and queen of Spain refuse to spon sor the Enterprise of the Indies 1492 Moors driven from Spain in January First Voyage to the Americas 1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agree to sponsor Columbus Columbus departs from Palos Spain on August 3 arrives in the West Indies on October