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He wanted to find a trade route to get to India and China because land travel was risky.
After King Henry of Portugal declined his request for ships and sailors to discover the way to the Indies, he approached Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.
Columbus set sail with three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria and ninety sailors on August 3rd, 1492.
On October 12, they landed in Haiti.
He thought he was in the Indies and called the natives Indians. He named the island San Salvador and claimed it for the King and Queen of Spain.
He returned with two ships to Spain, leaving some sailors on the island. He then returned to the island with 17 ships and 1500 men.
He died in Spain in 1506.
In 1937, every October 12 was proclaimed as Columbus Day by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1968, Columbus Day was declared a federal public holiday on the second Monday in October by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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