Christopher Columbus' Expedition. The cook, Micael Herraz

One day during winter, when I was at my own inn, I received a letter from  Lope de la Puebla. I was surprised because the letter said:

 "Good news for you, Chef Micael, you are going to be the cook for our expedition. I think you are the perfect cook for this trip, because we like your food and I think you will take and control the foodstuff for the journey. You must be at Palos' Port the 3^rd of August for starting the expedition. Thank you for all.

Lope de la Puebla."

 That day, I was very happy, but after a few minutes I thought that the journey would be for years and maybe I would die. After that thinking I started to be a little nervous because of the death and the maladies, but I didn't give up that journey. Maybe, the expedition will occur well…

3^rd of August of 1492

During the lasts days, I had a lot of work, I had to prepare all food and its amount to avoid the lack of it. But all was well; I prepare all foodstuff and I was prepared for the journey. Finally, the trip started the 3^rd of August and I was at the port on time to start the expedition.



Caravel parts

This day was incredible; I was inside Columbus' expedition! The first hours were good, I talked with some sailors, we played some card games and we observed all the landscape. During the day, I controlled correctly the food storage in the hold (nº 14); I thought there was enough food to the journey, but…..

Some weeks later, the trip was interesting, but I had a big problem; the foodstuff was not enough for the expedition until India. I thought the trip would be large, but nobody knew about the length of the expedition.

Nacho Civera 2ºB
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