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“Christopher Columbus “ He was a navigator, explorer and colonizer, famous for having made the discovery of America in 1492. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy but the exact date of his birth isn’t known apart from that it was in the year 1451. He was married to Felipa Muñiz de Perestrello when he lived in Lisbon, Portugal and they had a son, Diego in 1482. Since he was a child he had been interested in navigation and since he was very young he had worked as a cabin boy. Driven by his interest, he read treatise and studied the maps that were circulated in his time, he wanted to go to the East Indies, lands that he supposed he would find great wealth. His prject of discovery was rejected by the King of Portugal, Juan II in 1484 and again when he presented it in 1486 to the Catholic Kings of Spain. In 1488 he et Beatriz Enriquez of Arana with whom he had his second son, Fernando. Finally with the help of the friars from the convent, Brother Juan Pérez, he acheived the support of the Kings of Spain, Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castille, who setlled the payment for the organisation of the great expedition. On the 3rd of August 1492, Columbus left from Puerto de Palos in Spain and on the 12th October of that year he disembarked the crew for the first time onto the island of Guanahani ( later named San Salvador). When he had returned to Spain he related his experiences in the Indies and he received an excellent reception from the Catholic Kings. After that first expedition, Columbus made three other trips but none achieved as much succes as the first. The great explorer died on th 20th May 1506 in Valladolid, Spain. Christopher Columbus met with the Catholic queen Isabel and obtained the support for his discovery of America in Granada, Spain. In the centre of the city of Granada the is a well known sculture of the queen Isabel granting her permission for Columbus to arrange the boats and necessary provisions for his voyage to the Indies. There is a lot of Spain’s history in Granada which makes it one of the most interesting cities in Spain to visit and to learn Spain, Escuela Delengua is situated in the heart of the city and offers many Spanish courses....