How Was Henry History Successful

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Henry History was interesting sailor, and though he may not be remembered as a successful one, he did try his best. He was an Italian boat captain and explorer, or at least wanted to be an explorer. He started as a deckhand at the young age of fourteen. He was a deckhand for seven years, apprenticed to Ugetta Sesica, a captain like History in his later years. He was the brother of a great trainer of captains, Imnotta Secica but was not so successful himself. In his seven years as a deckhand, History never left the dock on account of two things, one being the fact that Ugetta’s boat had so many holes in it that it couldn’t stay above water, and two being the fact that History got severely seasick when at sea. After his seven years as a deckhand he went on a grand adventure, or at …show more content…

His journey was a success, but didn’t really reveal much. Then one fateful day he met Christopher Columbus. Quickly the two bonded and Columbus told him of his plans to take a journey to a so called “New World.” Henry liked the idea and wanted to pursue the idea and helped Columbus try to find funds and a boat to sail to the New World. They worked tirelessly to find these funds only getting them from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, where Henry and Columbus convinced the pair that it was possible to sail out to the New World. Once the big day arrived and they finally got the boat, crew, and funds ready and were ready to sail, History never showed up. It is a mystery to this day as to why he didn’t show, but he didn’t and we know that. After missing the boat, History still had a thirst for adventure so he didn’t quit there, he set out to plan another adventure. After Columbus returned with news of warm land to the west, History had a plan. He thought that if there was warm land directly to the west of Africa, which was warm, then towards the north of that land there was colder land because it’s colder in northern Europe than in

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