July 15, 1492
As Christopher prepares for his expedition to the Indies, He wanted to write about my life so far so that when he returns triumphantly, everyone shall remember his greatness.
His name is Cristoforo Colombo, but most people know him as Christopher Columbus. He was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 and he was the oldest of five children. He was an obedient son.
Christopher had little schooling, so he did not learn to read or write as a young boy. But he always loved the sea, so he vowed as a young boy that as soon as he was old enough, he would go out to sea.
He was fascinated by Marco Polo’s accounts of his journey to Asia in 1271. That made him believe that the quickest and most direct route to that fascinating place is to cross the unknown waters that we call the "Sea of Darkness."
P/S: Europeans did not know that the North and South American continents and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans all lay between the Indies and Spain.