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Oct 12, 1451
Explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy to the son of a weaver.
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May 12, 1476
During his travels Coumbus had heard sailors reports of land to the west of the Modira and Azore islands which were in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal.
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May 12, 1476
His first voyage into the Atlanic Ocean in 1476 nealy cost him his life as the commercial fleet he was sailing with was attacked by French pirateers of the coast of Portugal.
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May 12, 1478
He estimated the earth to be a sphere approximately 63% in actual size and the distance between the Canary Islands and Japan to be about 2,300 miles.
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May 12, 1492
Famed Halion explorer discovered the new world of the Americans on an expedition sposored by King Ferdinand in 1492.
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May 13, 1492
On October 12th, they saw land.They landed an San Salvador in the Bahamas.
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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus spent the early months of 1492 getting ready for the voyage. His three ships the Ninah the Pinta and the Santa Maria set sail from Palos, Spain.
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May 13, 1493
Columbus set sail on his second voyage in September 1493.
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May 13, 1496
His brother Bartolowe stayed behind on Hispaniola and founded Santo Damingo the first permanent in the new world. Columbus arrived back in Spain in 1496.
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May 13, 1502
This voyage left Spain 1502 and sailed to the island of Marique and then to Honduras in Central America.
