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Columbus Report: The Journey Of Christopher Columbus
Columbus report Columbus grew up in his father’s weaving shop but never did it say he liked weaving he always wanted to go sail on the salty sea. he was born on 1451. He was a tall and strong boy with bright blue eyes and blondish reddish hair his full name was Christopher Columbus. Columbus liked to listen to the sailors that talked about the end of the world, and faraway lands.
Most people thought that the world was flat not round like we know now. Columbus told about the theory of the round world the only responce was laghter . The boys sayed the china boys would be like flies in the roof wile we are on top.
Columbus was 13 when he left his father to seek fortune as a seaman he was a young man when he was a captain of a ship. It was easy

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