Columbus began his third voyage to the New World on May 30th, 1498 when he left Spain with six ships. To accomlish his mission, Columbus took a priest and other clerics with him. After stopping at the islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, the fleet arrived at Gomera in the Canary Islands on June 19. Christopher Columbus - 3nd Voyage On May 30, 1498, Christopher Columbus left Sanlúcar, Spain with six ships for his third trip to the New World.
Columbus was now at the height of his popularity, and he led at least 17 ships out from Cádiz on September 25, 1493.
Three of the six ships immediately sailed to Hispaniola with supplies for the settlers who remained on the island. The Third Voyage of Columbus Columbus was given clear instructions and assistance for his third voyage. Columbus made four transatlantic voyages: 1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500, and 1502–04. On May 11, 1502, Christopher Columbus set out on his fourth and final voyage to the New World with a fleet of four ships.

He was under orders of Fernando and Isabel to work for the conversions of the local inhabitants of the islands. The second and third voyages The gold, parrots, spices, and human captives Columbus displayed for his sovereigns at Barcelona convinced all of the need for a rapid second voyage. His mission was to explore uncharted areas to the west of the Caribbean in hopes of finding a passage to the Orient. He traveled primarily to the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Jamaica, and in his latter two voyages traveled to the coasts of eastern Central America and northern South America.

However, Columbus took the other three ships with him in order to explore a more southerly route than he had ever previously taken. The Third Voyage of Columbus, 1498-1500 Columbus left the port of Sanlucar in southern Spain on May 30, 1498 with six ships, bound for the New World on his third voyage. The Third Voyage of Christopher Columbus After all the problems appending his second voyage to the Caribbean, It took some time for Columbus to convince Isabella and Ferdinand that he should be sent with another expedition. The Third Voyage of Christopher Columbus The Third Voyage of Christopher Columbus After his famous 1492 voyage of discovery, Christopher Columbus was commissioned to return a second time, which he did with a large-scale colonization effort which departed from Spain in 1493. He was accompanied by Bartolomé de Las Casas, who would later publish partial transcripts of Columbus' logs.