Christopher Columbus

He died thinking he had discovered a shortcut to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean.

Before the Voyage Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451.

He set sail on August 3, 1492 with three ships named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Columbus brought horses to the new world on his second voyage.

The winner was Rodrigo de Triana who spotted land from the crow's nest of the Pinta.

• In his original calculations, he thought that Asia would be 2,400 miles from Portugal. He was way off. It is actually 10,000 miles away! Not to mention the huge continent in between.

On October 12, 1492 land was spotted.