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  1. Tarsicio de Azcona. Christopher Columbus - Explorer, Voyages, Discoveries: The debate about Columbus’s character and achievements began at least as early as the first rebellion of the Taino Indians and continued with Roldán, Bobadilla, and Ovando. It has been revived periodically (notably by Las Casas and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ever since.

  2. Oct 10, 2016 · Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492. Americans get a day off work on October 10 to celebrate Columbus Day. It's an annual holiday that commemorates the day on ...

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  4. Sep 8, 2022 · When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many ...

  5. Aug 25, 2021 · An obelisk dedicated to Columbus was erected in Baltimore in 1792, the first known public monument to Columbus in North America. Although Bolivarian revolutionaries named Gran Colombia after Columbus, the independent states founded from the former Spanish colonies did not take up celebrating Columbus until the 1920s, even then and now not as a ...

  6. Oct 11, 2021 · While Columbus' voyages did take him to a few Caribbean Islands, which are considered part of North America, Leif Erikson, a Norse explorer, traveled to "Vinland" (modern-day Newfoundland) circa ...

  7. Jun 12, 2020 · Christopher Columbus is best known for 'discovering' America in the late 15th century Credit: Getty Images - Getty. 14. The explorer set sail from Spain to find a direct water route from Europe to ...