Columbus reaches the "New World" | October 12, 1492

Columbus left Castile in August 1492 with three ships and made landfall in the Americas on 12 October, ending the period of human habitation in the Americas now ...

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October 12, 1492, is of enormous significance in Western history: It is the day when explorer Christopher Columbus completed his journey across the Atlantic ...

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Wondering if the discovery of the New World was an accident of history, or if it was inevitable in Europe at the turn of the 16th century.

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After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island on October 12, 1492, believing he has reached East Asia.

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Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic ...

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Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492. Americans get a day off work on October 10 to celebrate Columbus Day.

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Christopher Columbus, the intrepid Italian explorer, embarked on a historic voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 and opened up new horizons ...

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Even today, typical histories of America tend to consider the moment of Columbus' landing on October 12, 1492, to be a significant turning point. Some continue ...

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April 1955 · Every American schoolboy knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. · Almost twenty years ago, Professor Samuel Eliot Morison ...

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