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5 days ago · Europeans dreamed of crossing the Isthmus of Panama from their first encounters, when Columbus and other explorers learned from Indigenous Americans about a vast open sea on the other side of the narrow strip of land. Columbus searched for a strait through which he could sail, while Balboa hiked across on foot and Magellan sailed through a ...
2 days ago · But where did Columbus actually go on his first voyage? According to historical records, Columbus set sail from Spain on August 3, 1492. After more than two months at sea, he finally landed on an island in the Bahamas on October 12. This island, which Columbus named San Salvador, was called Guanahani by the native inhabitants.
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4 days ago · 01 Christopher Columbus originally came from Genoa in Italy. Experts say he was born between August 25 and 31, 1451. 02 Columbus first sailed the seas at the age of 10. 03 Columbus later relocated to Portugal in 1477. 04 Throughout the 1480s, Columbus sailed the trade routes along the African coast.
5 days ago · The Dominican Republic covers two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, the anglicized version of "La Isla Espanola, as it was dubbed by Christopher Columbus in 1492. A few months after first making landfall in the Americas, the explorer made his way to Hispaniola where he later established the first Spanish settlement in the New World.
5 days ago · The events of the last decade of the fifteenth century had changed the civilized world. On April 17, 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella had given their formal approval to Christopher Columbus for his voyage, putting at his disposal three tiny caravels—the largest of them little more than a hundred feet long.
1 day ago · On May 20, 1506, the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain. Columbus was the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland in the 10th century. He explored the West Indies, South America and Central America, but died a disappointed man, feeling he had been…
2 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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