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Pictorial History of America;Unit 1Europeans Discovered a New World;Chapter3:  Columbus Discovered a New World;Questions to be answered in this chapter;1. Columbus Prepared for Exploration;Artists of Columbus’s time often decorated their maps with fearful sea serpents.;1) Columbus Sought Help in Portugal;2) Columbus Went to the Court of Spain;The Ships of Columbus;The Biggest Ship—Santa Maria;2. Columbus Set Sail for the West;Landing of Christopher Columbus in America.;3. Columbus Returned to Spain and Described the New World;He described: The land was green, fertile and beautiful. The climate was mild. The people were friendly but poor. Their hair was short and coarse. They painted their faces and body. They brought cotton thread, parrots, darts to exchange things with us. They ate sweet potato and maize. Columbus believed the islands he had discovered were near India, so he called the islands the Indies and he named the people the Indians. Today these islands are known as the West Indies.;4. Columbus Returned to the West Indies;The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus;He found a few pearls and some gold, but he did not find the splendid cities of Asia that Marco Polo had described. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella became angry when Columbus was unable to fulfill his promises to bring back rich treasure, so they took away his honors. During his last few years, Columbus was disappointed and discouraged. Columbus died without knowing that he had discovered a new world, he thought he had reached the East.;5. The New World Was Named America ;Two young teachers in France, who were writing a geography book, read the letter. They decided to call those new lands America, because Amerigo had described them so well.;The Main Points in This Chapter;Why did Columbus sail west from Europe instead of following the example of the Portuguese who sailed along the coast line of Africa?;How did Columbus’s early experience help him in his voyage of discovery?;What Comes Next in t