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Period: Aug 1, 1492 to Apr 1, 1493
First travel by Columbus
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Aug 3, 1492
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
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 of Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republlic and Haití),where they encountered the indigenous Taíno people -
Dec 25, 1492
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
La Niña arrived in palos de la frontera,followed shortly by La Pinta(which previously had stop in Bayona),bringin news of the discoveries