Read the sentences and put them in the correct order.

• Columbus was born in Italy but lived in Spain for a long time.
• In 1492 the King and the Queen of Spain gave him money to go to India.
• He sailed west as he was sure our planet was round.
• After sailing 4000 miles, he reached some land.
• Columbus thought that it was India but it was not.
• It was a new land – a new continent. It was Central America.