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Nov 9, 2009 · The explorer Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. His most famous was his first voyage, commanding the ships the Nina, the ...
Dec 9, 2019 · Did Christopher Columbus Discover the Americas, Period? No. Humans have lived in the Americas for at least 15,000 years.By the time Columbus arrived, the Americas were populated by hundreds of small nations and several full-out empires such as the Inca in Peru and the Aztecs in Mexico.
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Jun 10, 2024 · Did Christopher Columbus Discover America? Widely known as the man who discovered America, Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492 in what has been described by many historians as the beginning of the Colonial Period. Though the explorer believed he’d reached the East Indies, he was actually in the modern-day Bahamas.
Oct 23, 2020 · "In 1492/Columbus sailed the ocean blue" is in fact true, but many other historical "facts" we've been taught about Italian explorer Christopher Columbus are completely false. According to the classic social studies lesson, Columbus accidentally "discovered" what was to become the United States of America while leading a Spanish expedition that consisted of three ships, the Nina , the Pinta ...
Oct 11, 2021 · In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but he never actually set foot in mainland North America. ... In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first ...
Oct 24, 2024 · Did Christopher Columbus discover America? Some people say Columbus discovered America or the "New World," but Vikings such as Leif Eriksson had visited North America centuries earlier, and Native American tribes had lived in the Americas for centuries before either Columbus or the Vikings arrived.
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Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
