HISTORY

is enjoyable class. Today, i have to be one of a historical person and make a speech!
Guess who i am!

I was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy.
I became a sailor when I was 14 years old and I
 believed that the world is round. Therefore I 
also believed that I could go to India by different
 course from Portuguese eastern course. Yes, I
 wanted to try west course to go India. My plan was to go
 Zipangu which is now called Japan and then India.
However, the Portuguese King didn’t give me 
permission. So I asked Queen Isabella in Spain and
 finally I could voyage to India in 1492.
There are a lot of Indians. I explored mainly south
 part of India for several times.
But unfortunately my reputation in Spain was not
 very good because I couldn’t govern the Spanish
 colony well. I was arrested and died without wealth
 and honor.