1493 - The Return Voyage of Discovery

1493 - the RETURN to Europe from the Voyage of Discovery

By: Sara B

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February 1, 2018

Date of Article:

Headline: 1493

Author: Lorenzo Camusso

Source of the Article: The Return Voyage of Columbus

Three Vocabulary Words:

1. Harbor - A part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring ships and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents

2. Cannibalism - The eating of human flesh by another human being. Or the eating of the flesh of an animal of its own kind.

3. Christian - of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ

Summary: (PARAGRAPH FORM, Who, What, Where, When, Why)

Columbus and some of his crew with some Indians go back to Spain from the Caribbean. They go back to Spain because they want to show they'be been to Asia. This was in 1493. On the voyage back he gets in a storm and looses sight of the other ship. He ends up landing on their competitors island landing for help. They say they will help as long as he goes to there country saying he went to Asia then he can go back to Spain. He ends up back in Spain and says he went to Asia. Then a week later the other ship arrives to Spain saying they were the ones to go to Asia first but they weren't.