Columbus voyage of Discovery

Voyage of Discovery

by Ned C

COLOR GROUP

Red D2 B3

Today's date

1-23-18

Date of Article: 1991

Headline: 1492 the voyage of discovery begins

Author: Lorenzo Camusso

Source of the Article: The voyage of Columbus

Three Vocabulary Words:

1.Economic pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.

2.Manioc cassava:any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Manihot, of the spurge family, as M.esculenta

3.Breadth the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.

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

In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered america. He and his crew planted their flag and claimed the land as theirs. At the time they thought they were in Asia. They met the natives and since Columbus thought they were somewhere in india so he named them the Indians. The locals showed them there food and how they lived. Columbus wanted to bring some of the ideas and goods back to europe. During all this he did not know he had discovered a new land.