Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

It is August 3, 1492. A new day begins in a busy Spanish harbor. Three ships- the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria- are starting out to sea.

Someday these ships will be famous. People will know their names five hundred years later. But the men on board cannot even imagine that. They are afraid of getting lost. The ocean is a great mystery. How big is it? How long will it take to cross it? What is on the other side? Will they ever get back to Spain?

Christopher Columbus is not afraid of getting lost. He is the captain of the Santa Maria and the leader of the voyage. Columbus knows a lot about the sea. He is a navigator and a mapmaker. Now he dreams of becoming an explorer, too.