The discovery of America

  • Period: Aug 1, 1492 to Apr 1, 1493

    First travel by Columbus

  • Aug 3, 1492

    depart from palos de la frontera

    depart from palos de la frontera
    Columbus set sail from palos de la frontera, Huelva, with three ships: la santa María, la Pinta and la Niña
  • Aug 12, 1492

    arrive of canary islands

    the expedition stopped in the Canary islands for final provision and repairs
  • Sep 6, 1492

    leave of canary islands

    Columbus's expedition leaves the canary islands
  • Oct 10, 1492

    The sailors go against Columbus

    the sailors became impatient and were about to munity against Columbus
  • Oct 12, 1492

    the reached of the island of guanahani

    Land was stopped by a sailor named Rodrigo de triana aboard the Pinta.They reached the island of Guanahani (which columbus named san salvador) in the Bahamas.
  • Oct 28, 1492

    arrive at cuba

    arrive at cuba
    Columbus arrived at cuba,which he believed to be the mainland of Asia.He named it Juana
  • Dec 6, 1492

    The expedition reached the island os hiapaniola

    The expedition reached the island os hiapaniola
    The expedition reached the island of Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republlic and Haití),where they encountered the indigenous Taíno people
  • Dec 25, 1492

    The settlement of La Navidad

    The settlement of La Navidad
    Colummbus established the settlement of La Navidad in hispaniola,build with the remains of the ship la Santa María
  • Jan 1, 1493

    They back to Spain

    La niña and La pinta set sail back to Spain, leaving about 40 crew menbers behind due to the lack of space
  • Mar 15, 1493

    they arrived in palos de la frontera

    they arrived in palos de la frontera
    La Niña arrived in palos de la frontera,followed shortly by La Pinta(which previously had stop in Bayona),bringin news of the discoveries