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Transcript. Christopher Columbus, a navigator from Genoa, Italy, dreamt of reaching China for its riches and potential Christian converts. Despite common myths, Columbus wasn't the first European to discover America nor the only one who knew the world was round. His unique calculations led him to believe Asia was closer than most thought.
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- Where exactly was the Viking settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows? I've heard many accounts that it was ...L'Anse aux Meadows is an archeological site on the northern tip of Newfoundland. Because the Icelandic Sagas called the area Vinland, it was origin...
- how could people figure out how big the world was without exploring the entire planet?There's a way to do that with trigonometry, and it works, but don't ask me to explain it to you because I can't do that myself.
- yall got albert Einstein brains when im over here like : wait.....what?..We just ask questions and have them answered by people
- How did Christopher Columbus know that there was land west of europe?Columbus actually didn't know there was land west of Europe; he wanted to find a potentially shorter route to India by sailing west instead of east...
- i need a small resume about this exploration ,what was the aim of Christopher Columbus when he first...Christopher Columbus wanted to find a new trade route to places like the Spice Islands, Japan, and China.
- Were there any other people from Europe that found North and South America before the Vikings, Nativ...no, there were no other people from Europe that found North and South America before the Vikings. "Natives" are not from Europe.
- Kim says that the Vikings came to North America before Christopher Columbus, what is some of the evi...The Viking Sagas mention the discovery of new lands including a land of wine, which describes the grapevines they found in North America. Also, the...
- Where did Christopher Columbus come from?Tradition says that he came from Genoa, in what is now Italy. Other theories ascribe Portuguese ancestry, but these are highly discounted by Italians.
- how did all of the contries get their names?Bolivia was named for the great liberator. The Philippines was named for a king of Spain. Kiribati was named for the local pronunciation of its col...
- Technically isen't Leif Erikson the real founder of America?No, technically it was the indigenous people who migrated over the Bering land bridge many thousands of years prior.
Christopher Columbus died on May 20, 1506 at only 55 years of age due to heart failure. His condition was called gout at the time, but modern doctors suspect that it was rather Reiter’s Syndrome, a reactive arthritis caused by bacterial intestinal infections or sexually transmitted diseases. He might have acquired this infection on one of his ...
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Oct 10, 2021 · Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 CE and died in 1506 at the age of 54. He became famous during his lifetime as the man who discovered the ‘new world’ - understood as the Americas generally during the Age of Exploration. Since the 19th century, however, he has been credited with the discovery of North America, specifically the USA ...
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Unraveling Christopher Columbus' Mysterious Death • Columbus' Death Mystery • Discover the truth behind Christopher Columbus' death in 1506, likely caused by...
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Apr 1, 2023 · (David) Recently, the world commemorated the 500th anniversary of the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Those journeys made Europeans aware of a world new to them a world they soon invaded and ...
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Oct 9, 2023 · Christopher Columbus, whose real name was Cristoforo Colombo, was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, part of what is now Italy. ... How Did Columbus Die? Columbus probably died of severe ...
