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.