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1. www.britannica.com › topic › Columbus-DayColumbus Day | History, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica

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   5 days ago · Overview of Columbus Day, a U.S. holiday. Columbus Day, in the United States, holiday (originally October 12; since 1971 the second Monday in October) to commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492, in the New World. Although his explorations were financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus was a ...

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2. www.criticalfinancial.com › facts-about-history17 “Facts” About History That Have Been Debunked

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   2 days ago · Christopher Columbus Discovered America Photo Credit: Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock. While it’s commonly taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America, CNN says that it was most likely the Viking Leif Erikson who discovered it first. It seems that children are taught that it was Christopher Columbus to simplify their education.

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4. www.msn.com › en-us › foodanddrink18 Things We Were Told In School That Aren’t Actually True

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   2 days ago · Christopher Columbus didn’t discover a land that was already home to millions of people. Indigenous American people had lived in the Americas for centuries before Columbus arrived. In fact, if ...

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   Did Christopher Columbus discover a land that was already home to millions?

   • Photo Credit: Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock. Christopher Columbus didn’t discover a land that was already home to millions of people. Indigenous American people had lived in the Americas for centuries before Columbus arrived. In fact, if anything, Columbus only started misfortune, as his arrival led to colonization and suffering.

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   Why was Columbus named after Christopher Columbus?

   • Columbus was planned in 1812 as a political centre by the Ohio legislature and was named for Christopher Columbus. The state government moved to the city in 1816 from Chillicothe, and Columbus later absorbed the nearby earlier settlement of Franklinton (founded 1797).

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   Where did Columbus come from?

   • Although his explorations were financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus was a native of Genoa, Italy, and over the years Italian Americans took up the cause of honouring his achievement.

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   Why did Columbus grow in size?

   • Columbus continued to grow in size mainly because it pursued a policy of annexing adjacent land; between 1950 and 2000 the city’s land area increased fivefold, and its population nearly doubled. By 1990 it was Ohio’s largest city.

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7. www.4over4.com › content-hub › stories5 Impactful Takeaways From the Life of Christopher Columbus

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   5 days ago · 3. BE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. Christopher Columbus first sailed as a teen. He never considered any other activity, even when one of his voyages nearly cost him life in 1476. One of his quotes perfectly describes his passion: "I went to sea from the most tender age and have continued in a sea life to this day.

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   5 days ago · Columbus was planned in 1812 as a political centre by the Ohio legislature and was named for Christopher Columbus. The state government moved to the city in 1816 from Chillicothe, and Columbus later absorbed the nearby earlier settlement of Franklinton (founded 1797). The city experienced significant growth after a feeder branch of the Ohio and ...

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10. www.reddit.com › r › explainlikeimfiveELI5: How did the Christopher Columbus communicate ... - Reddit

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    Christopher Columbus never interacted with Native Americans like we think of them today. He landed on an island in the Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea, which later became Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The expedition members communicated by pointing, gesturing and using body language, or drew pictures to communicate, with the natives.