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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus departure from Palos de la Frontera
Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera,Huelva,with three ships:la Santa Maria,la Pinta and la Niña. -
Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Mar 15, 1493
discovery of america
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Aug 12, 1492
the expeditions stopped at the canary island
the expedition stopped in the canary islands for final provitions and repairs. -
Sep 6, 1492
the expedition leave canary islands
columbus expedition leaves the canary islands -
Oct 10, 1492
sailors became impatient
the sailors became impatient and were about to mutiny against columbus -
Oct 28, 1492
columbus arrive cuba and name it juana
columbus arrived in cuba, which he believed to be the mainland of asia. he named it juana -
Dec 6, 1492
expedition reach island of hispania
the expedition reached the island of hispania (present-day dominican republic and and haiti), wherethey encountered the indigenous taino people. -
Dec 10, 1492
sailor rodrigo de triana read island of guanahani
land was spotted by a sailor named rodrigo de triana aboard the pinta they reached the island of guanahani(which columbus named san salvador) in the bahamas. -
Dec 25, 1492
he stablished settlement of la navidad
columbus stablished the settlement of la navidad in hispaniola , build with the remains of the ship la santa maria -
Jan 1, 1493
la niña sail back to spain
la niña and la pinta set sail back to spain leaving about 40 crew members behind due to the lack of space -
Mar 15, 1493
la niña arrive in palos de la frontera
la niña arrive in palos de la frontera followed shortly by la pinta (which previously had stop in bayona), brinding news of their discoveries.