Reading · Text 8

Cristoforo Colombo e il viaggio del 1492

Christopher Columbus and the voyage of 1492

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Christopher Columbus and his voyages across the Atlantic OceanA1–A2

Cristoforo Colombo e il viaggio del 1492

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Cristoforo Colombo fu un navigatore genovese

Translation

Christopher Columbus was a Genoese navigator

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Nacque a Genova nel 1451, in una famiglia di tessitori

Translation

He was born in Genoa in 1451, into a family of weavers

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Da giovane iniziò a navigare su navi commerciali

Translation

As a young man, he began sailing on merchant ships

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Durante i suoi viaggi imparò a conoscere i venti, le correnti e il mare

Translation

During his voyages, he learned about the winds, currents and the sea

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Colombo pensava di poter raggiungere l’Asia navigando verso ovest

Translation

Columbus thought he could reach Asia by sailing west

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I sovrani spagnoli, Isabella di Castiglia e Ferdinando d’Aragona, accettarono il suo progetto

Translation

The Spanish monarchs, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, accepted his plan

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Il 3 agosto 1492 partì dal porto di Palos con tre navi

Translation

On 3 August 1492, he left the port of Palos with three ships

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Le navi erano la Niña, la Pinta e la Santa Maria

Translation

The ships were the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria

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Il viaggio attraverso l’Atlantico durò più di due mesi

Translation

The voyage across the Atlantic lasted more than two months

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Il 12 ottobre 1492 l’equipaggio vide terra nelle isole Bahamas

Translation

On 12 October 1492, the crew sighted land in the Bahamas

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Quell’isola era chiamata Guanahani dagli abitanti del luogo

Translation

The local inhabitants called that island Guanahani

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Colombo la chiamò San Salvador

Translation

Columbus named it San Salvador

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Sull’isola vivevano i Taíno, un popolo indigeno dei Caraibi

Translation

The Taíno, an Indigenous people of the Caribbean, lived on the island

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Colombo credeva di essere arrivato vicino all’Asia

Translation

Columbus believed he had arrived near Asia

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In realtà, era arrivato in terre sconosciute alla maggior parte degli europei

Translation

In fact, he had arrived in lands unknown to most Europeans

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Dopo il primo viaggio, Colombo attraversò l’Atlantico altre tre volte

Translation

After his first voyage, Columbus crossed the Atlantic three more times

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I suoi viaggi aprirono nuovi contatti tra Europa e Americhe, ma diedero anche inizio alla conquista e alla colonizzazione europea

Translation

His voyages opened up new contacts between Europe and the Americas, but also marked the beginning of European conquest and colonisation

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Colombo morì a Valladolid nel 1506, senza capire di aver raggiunto un continente diverso dall’Asia

Translation

Columbus died in Valladolid in 1506, without realising that he had reached a continent other than Asia

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