FUN FACTS ABOUT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
There are many fun facts about Christopher Columbus that people do not know, but soon you will!
Columbus liked to claim things as his own, even though he wasn't the first to find them.
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Even after Columbus death his remains travelled. Historians now still do not know where his body his buried.
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After his fourth Voyage he came back to Spain wearing chains.
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Before Columbus went to America no one in Europe had ever seen Potatoes or Tomatoes.
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Only 1 ship of the 3, which he had under command, almost survived all of his Voyages. This ship was the Niña (Niña is Spanish for girl). Little Niña survived 3 of his in total 4 voyages.
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Some of Christopher's sailors believed that while they were on the Sargasso Sea they saw sea monsters, but actually it was just the Sargasso Sea with its large amount of seaweed.
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