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     • In 1492, Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus – sailing for Spain – became the first European to reach the Americas since the Vikings 500 years earlier.
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   How did Christopher Columbus Discover America?

   • The ‘traditional’ story of the discovery of America goes that the Genovese explorer, Christopher Columbus, made landfall early in the morning of October 12th, 1492, on the island of San Salvadore, having crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, seeking the New World. He and his crew traveled over 4,000 miles to make the journey.

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   When did Columbus discover North America?

   • They take Tom, Dick or Harry's statement that on October 21, 1492 Columbus discovered North America - when in fact he did nothing of the kind on that date or any other - and then they proceed to celebrate the anniversary of an occurrence that never transpired.

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   Was Columbus the first person to discover America?

   • The evidence suggests that it’s very unlikely that Columbus was the first person to discover America. Instead, other groups of Europeans had likely made landfall on continental North America many years before Columbus sailed across the ocean seeking a new world.

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   How many times did Columbus discover the Americas?

   • 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 discoveries. In all, people found the Americas at least seven different times. For at least six of those, it wasn’t so new after all.

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3. www.history.com › exploration › christopher-columbusChristopher Columbus - Facts, Voyage & Discovery | HISTORY

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   Nov 9, 2009 · The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia,...

4. en.wikipedia.org › Voyages_of_Christopher_ColumbusVoyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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   Christopher Columbus and Castilian crew (among others) Outcome. European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America.

   • Date: 1492, 1493, 1498 & 1502
   • Outcome: European discovery and colonization of the Americas

   • Location: The Americas
   • Participants: Christopher Columbus and Castilian crew (among others)

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   Sep 8, 2022 · 7. Christopher Columbus: AD 1492. Replicas of Columbus’s ships sailed to the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. E. Benjamin Andrews/wikimedia. In 1492, Europeans could reach Asia by the Silk Road,...

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   Sep 23, 2022 · The ‘traditional’ story of the discovery of America goes that the Genovese explorer, Christopher Columbus, made landfall early in the morning of October 12th, 1492, on the island of San Salvadore, having crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, seeking the New World. He and his crew traveled over 4,000 miles to make the journey.