Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who was born in 1451 and died in 1506.Columbus thought if he went west he would find himself in the India and start a trading business with them.Instead he found himself in the “New World” in 1492.Columbus named the new land “East Indies”

                                      Columbus Day

Columbus Day is celebrated in many of the Americas on the 12 of October.It was first named an oficial holiday in 1937 (in the United States).