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Oct 23, 2020 · 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, and the Santa Maria.
Oct 9, 2017 · As we renegotiate and reevaluate history, Columbus has been the target of significant criticism in expanding the colonial reach of Spain and establishing the forces that decimated the native...
Sep 8, 2022 · This mistake, with other assumptions born of wishful thinking, gave a distance of just 4,500 km from Europe to Japan. The actual distance is almost 20,000 kilometres. So Columbus’s ships set...
Nov 9, 2009 · Christopher Columbus did not “discover” the Americas, nor was he even the first European to visit the “New World.” (Viking explorer Leif Erikson had sailed to Greenland and Newfoundland...
Aug 25, 2021 · 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 formal holiday.
Oct 11, 2021 · In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first European to sight the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and...
Jul 3, 2019 · In 1492, a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo in his native language) encountered the Americas, continents which were completely unknown in Europe, Asia and Africa.
