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Aug 1, 1451
Christopher Columbus Born
He was born somewhere between August and October of 1451. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus goes on first voyage
He goes to find gold in 1492 -
Jan 1, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci takes credit for discovering America
He was a passenger on a boat to the New World then and wrote a book claiming he had discovered it -
May 20, 1506
Columbus died
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Columbus gets credit
Sometime during the 1800s, the king of Spain discovers his logbooks and gives him credit