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Christopher Columbus


He married in the city of Lisbon and settled himself there. It was a short marriage due to the death of his wife in the mid 1480's. During their marriage Felipa gave birth to a son named Diego in 1480. Diego became second Admiral of the Indies. Columbus and Felipa moved to the larger island of Madeira in 1480 or 1481, soon after their son Diego was born. Second, Columbus married into nobility, which would be important in his quest to sail the open seas. He married Beatriz Enrique de Arana, conceived his second child named Fernando. Fernando grew up to be Columbus' biographer and historian charting the life and times of his father. .
             "Christopher Columbus departed on his first voyage from the port of Palos near Huelva in southern Spain, on August 3, 1492, in command of three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. The Nina, a lateen-rigged caravel, was captained by Martin Alonzo Pinzon. The Pinta, a square-rigged caravel was captained by Pinzon's brother, Vicente Yanez. The Santa Maria, a nao, was Columbus' flagship- (Irving 4). The nao was large and had a round hull compared to the lightly built caravels with narrow hulls. The Santa Maria was slow and unwieldy during the long ocean voyage. The three ships together carried 104 men with equipment for repairing ships, and supplies On Christmas Eve the Santa Marí was wrecked on the north coast of Hispaniola. "His crews used a compass for direction and a chip log, a knotted line with a wooden weight attached at the end to measure speed. A sailor counted how many knots were let off the reel in the time allotted- (Hidalgo 59). .
             After the success of Columbus's first voyage, he had little trouble convincing the Spanish Sovereigns, Ferdinand and Isabela, to follow up immediately with a second voyage. With 17 ships, 1,200 men and boys including sailors, soldiers, colonists, priests, officials, gentlemen of the court, and horses, Columbus set out on another journey to the west.


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