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Native peoples had lived in the Americas for well over ten thousand years by the time Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492. Spread across a variety of ecosystems from Canada to South America, they spoke hundreds of different languages. Their societies ranged from small agricultural villages and hunting camps to large urban centers.
The 1490s was a decade that started on 1 January 1490 and ended on 31 December 1409. It is distinct from the decade known as the 150th decade which began on January 1, 1491. and ended on December 31, 1500.
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European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.
Feb 26, 2024 · 2000- Timeline. American Pop Culture. 1492-1524. 1492 Columbus lands at San Salvador (Bahamas) Columbus in the Americas by William Least Heat-Moon; Lois Wallace. ISBN: 9780471211891. Publication Date: 2002. The Conquest of Paradise by Kirkpatrick Sale. Call Number: E112.SA32 1990.
- Dave Horalek
- 2017
Each year they wrote reports for the Jesuit office in France, often relating the missions' progress in chapters titled "On the State of Christianity" in New France. Here we read selections from these reports covering seventeen years, from 1637 through 1653, in which disease, war, and famine test the fortitude of the Jesuits and nearly ...
France in the 16th century. When Charles VIII (reigned 1483–98) led the French invasion of Italy in 1494, he initiated a series of wars that were to last until the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559. These wars were not especially successful for the French, but they corresponded to the contemporary view of the obligations of kingship.
