Christopher Columbus Coloring Page

Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, and he was sure he could reach Asia by sailing west. After Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand backed him, he set off in August 1492 with three ships, the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María. About ten weeks later he landed on an island in the Bahamas.

He made four trips to the Americas. People were already living there, and the arrival of Europeans brought disease, war and slavery to Indigenous peoples. That’s why Columbus is remembered very differently by different people today.