| 1451 | Christopher Columbus | Christopher was born in Genoa. |
| 1465 | Christopher Columbus's first journeys | Columbus was a teenager when he first set sail. |
| 1476 | Christopher the sailor | Christopher worked as a sailor. His ship was once sunk by pirates. |
| 1479 | Columbus gets married | Christopher married a lady named Felipa Perestrella e Moniz. They lived in Portugal. |
| 1480 | Columbus's voyages | Christopher Columbus made his first big voyages. He sailed between Portugal and Iceland. |
| 1484 | Columbus looks for sponsors | Columbus wanted to make a new voyage; he wanted to find a western route from Europe to Asia. He asked for help from Portugal and England'but he was refused. |
| 1485 | Columbus moves to Spain | After looking for financial support to sail west'Columbus moved to Spain. |
| 1491 | Spain backs Columbus | In 1491'Columbus asked for financial help from the king and queen of Spain. They said yes. |
| August 1492 | Columbus sets sail | Columbus set sail with three ships; the Pinta'the Nina'and the Santa Maria. Christopher sailed on the Santa Maria. |
| October 1492 | Landfall | Christopher and his crew made landfall. They thought they had reached Asia'but they were wrong; they had reached the American continent. |
| March 1493 | Columbus returns to Spain | Columbus sailed along the coasts of what would become the Bahamas. When he found nothing valuable he returned to Spain. |
| September 1493 | A second journey | Columbus returned to the Americas looking for treasure'but again he came home empty-handed. His brothers stayed in America with a handful of colonists. |
| 1498 | A third trip | Spain paid for Columbus to go back to America for a third time. When he arrived he found his brothers' colony was a mess'and he was arrested for their crimes. |
| 1502 | The last journey | Columbus was found not guilty for the crimes he was accused of. The king of Spain agreed to pay for one last voyage to America'but again Columbus didn't find a way to Asia or any treasure. |
| 1506 | Christopher Columbus dies | Christopher Columbus returned to Spain where he passed away. |
