Interesting Facts
Christopher Columbus landed in Bahamas, part of the Americas, on October 12th, 1494. Columbus Day is meant to celebrate this arrival. The following are 5 surprising facts about you may not know about Christopher Columbus:
- He set sail in August of 1492. It was 35 days before a sailor spotted land. The names of the three ships were the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
- Nobody is sure what he looked like, as there are no portraits known to exist.
- He died when he was 55, in 1506, only two years after his last trip to the New World.
- When Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, he was the first European since the 10th century to have the opportunity to explore the Americas.
- President Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday in 1934.
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Quotes about Christopher Columbus:
Quotes about Christopher Columbus:
- "Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "He completed the universe, he achieved the physical unity of the globe." -Lamartine
- "Columbus found a world, and had no chart, save one that faith deciphered in the skies." -George Santayana
- "What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it." -Margot Asquith
- "If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock." -Arthur Goldberg