Columbus’ ambitious father pushed his son into a business career, where he worked as an agent for the Spinola, Di Negro, and Centurione families of Genoa.

Attending mass at a chapel at the Corvento dos Santo, a school for women who were aristocratic, is what Christopher Columbus did often. There he met Felipa Perestrello Moniz whom he married in1479. They later moved to Porto Santo, where they had a son, Diego, who was born in 1480. Felipa died in 1484 or 1485. During1480-1482, Columbus voyaged to the Canary Islands, where he stared to plan a voyage westward.

Richness was what Christopher Columbus desired, and an easy way (or so he thought) was to find a quicker route to the Indies, because silk, gems, gold and spices were in demand. When the Portuguese sailors were trying to r

The Hispanolia colony was discontent and unhappy, so Christopher Columbus tried calming them down by giving them land and enslaving Indians, but this did not work.

The fleet left Cadiz, Spain, on September 25,1493. They crossed the ocean in twenty-one days, and passed many islands and Columbus named one Marie-Galante, after his ship.

About 1485, Columbus and his son went to Spain, which was a bitter rival of Portugal. Two wealthy aristocratic men offered him ships, but first they would need permission from Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. In 1486 Christopher Columbus spoke to the monarchs, but they were in no position to support the expedition financially and were very cautious about starting a conflict with Portugal. However, the monarchs were intensely religious and were interested in what Columbus promised them. He vowed that all proceeds would go and build the Jews’ Holy Temple and bring on a new “Age of the Holy Spirit.” This pleased the Franciscan Friars and Jews. Queen Isabella gave him a small amount of money.

Columbus moved east along the north coast of Hispaniola and established Isabela, a fortified post. The colonists realized that they would not gain anything. Shortly after 12 of the 17 ships returned to Spain. Columbus left Isabela to explore the coast of Cuba, declaring that it was the Asian mainland.

Palos, Spain was home to the Pinzon and Ni no families. They provided two of the ships and selected the crews. Martin Alonso Pinzon captained the Pinta, a ship with square sails. His brother, Vincente captained the slightly smaller, Nina, a ship with triangle sails. Columbus captained the third vessel, the Santa Maria, and was slightly bigger than the other two ships. The fleet set out from Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492 and sailed to the Canary Island, a possession of Spain, off the coast of Africa, where repairs were made. The ships left on September 6.

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