Why did you leave Spain in 1492?
I really just wanted to sail to the Indies, so in April 1492, King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I of Spain agreed to sponsor my sailing to the Indies.
What did you do on your first voyage?
Well, on my first voyage, I took three ships: the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Niña, we left in August. We found this little island in the Bahamas, which I quickly named: San Salvador, and I named it for Spain. A little later, we landed on Cuba, and the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where I left 40 men to stay, who eventually died.
How about any others?
Queen Isabella told me to sail again, and claim more land. So, I did, and with 17 ships and 1,000 colonists, I left in September 1493. I then landed in Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Antigua, and established the first settlement in the Americas. My third, I discovered South America, and on my fourth venture, I got to Honduras, Panama and finally in Jamaica, where my fleet was stranded.
Why is this important?
I found much land for Spain, and conquered a lot of land, also I established the first settlement in America.
Sources: "Christopher Columbus." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras.
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