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=The Columbus Treasure Chest=

I was using my metal detector one day in my backyard and it suddenly went off! I started digging with a stick and it hit something. I then started digging around the spot and realized that it was something big! I went into the garage, took a shovel and started digging more. I dug for a while and the object finally revealed itself. It was a treasure chest made of pure gold with a pure diamond handle and ruby trimmings. It was unlocked and I looked inside. In it, I found a note that read “I am a lonely treasure chest that needs filling with books and pictures about Christopher Columbus. If you fill me with enough I will reward you with a surprise…” I instantly rush off to my computer and start looking up primary sources of Christopher Columbus.

The first thing I looked for was a portrait of him, but I found out that no portraits of Christopher Columbus were painted during his lifetime. I started looking around the computer a bit more and shortly I found this [|journal] from Christopher Columbus in 1492 when he sailed over the Pacific Ocean and discovered the Americas. I have a small excerpt on tuesday September 25, 1942 from his lengthy journal. I then found a [|map] he sketched showing the americas and he wrote a letter with it too. This was the first letter he wrote when he found the Americas. The next thing I found a different [|letter] written by him which was about founding the new land in the Americas. I then found this [|letter] concerning the discoveries of the West Indies.

When I put all these into the treasure chest, another note popped out and it read "Thank you, I am satisfied now, and your reward is me". I realized then that I got to keep the treasure chest! Overall, I learned much about Christopher Columbus. He was a christian and lived from 1451 to 1506, born in Genoa, Italy. He was rather intellegent and wrote in many different languages. I learned that he didn't actually spot the land first, but he was the captain of the ships so he got the credit.

//Tuesday, 25 September.// //"At sunset Martin Alonzo called out with great joy from his vessel that he saw land, and demanded of the Admiral a reward for his intelligence. The Admiral says, when he heard him declare this, he fell on his knees and returned thanks to God, and Martin Alonzo with his crew repeated Gloria in excelsis Deo, as did the crew of the Admiral."// Excert out of Journal of Christopher Columbus on the trip that discovered the americas.

Letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 to the King and Queen of Spain about the discovery of the Americas in 1943.

Map Christopher Columbus sketched in a letter when he found the Americas.

//"In obedience to your Highnesses' commands, and with submission to superior judgment, I will say whatever occurs to me in reference to the colonization and commerce of the Island of Espanola, and of the other islands, both those already discovered and those that may be discovered hereafter."// Excerpt from his letter to the king and queen of Spain about founding the Americas.