Christopher Columbus first came to the new world in 1492. Christopher Columbus traveled from Europe to Asia to buy good like silk and spices.These things were very valuable, so Europeans would travel great distances to get them. People went Europe to Asia by land, and the trip was long and difficult.Christoper Columbus thought there was another way to get to Asia. He believed that the earth was round, like a ball. For this reason, he thought that he could cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to Asia .He asked the queen of Spain for help .She gave him three ships: the Nina, the Pan ta,and the Santa Maria. She also gave Columbus men to sail in the ship with him .Many people thought that Columbus was crazy. They thought the earth was flat, and they said that his ship would fall off the end of the earth. They were wrong of course, and Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean .When Columbus reached land, he thought that he was in India, on the continent of Asia .For this reason, he called the people that he new “Indians”Later,people realized that Columbus had come to a completely new land, and they called this land the new World. Today the New World is called North America and South America
