Christopher Columbus

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November 3, 1493, gimme a sec, was a... Sunday. No, I'm not a savant, I just know that's when this man sighted the island of Dominica Columbus $400 DJ ITALIAN EXPLORERS 2024-12-03 #9217
In June 1503, during his fourth voyage, this man & his remaining crew members were marooned on Jamaica Christopher Columbus $200 J EXPLORERS 2019-10-15 #8072
In 1492 he was given the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" Christopher Columbus $800 DJ EXPLORERS 2019-06-28 #8025
An entry in his log reads, "The people of San Salvador came swimming to our ships and in boats made from one log" Columbus $400 DJ EXPLORERS 2018-04-20 #7745
In 1492 he reached an agreement with the Spanish crown giving him 10% of any profit from their venture Christopher Columbus $400 DJ ITALIAN EXPLORERS 2015-12-14 #7191
On Oct. 12, 1492 he wrote, "this afternoon the people of San Salvador came swimming to our ships" Christopher Columbus $400 DJ EXPLORATION 2013-08-01 #6664
In 1493, during his second voyage to the New World, he built a trading post called Isabela on Hispaniola Columbus $200 J EXPLORATION 2009-11-02 #5781
He stopped at Gomera in the Canaries for nearly a month, then headed for the New World on Sept. 6, 1492 Columbus $200 J EXPLORERS 2005-07-15 #4820
After moving to Spain in 1485 he used Colon, the Spanish version of his name Columbus $400 DJ EXPLORERS 2004-05-05 #4538
(I'm Jeff Probst in Panama.) A wreck found off the coast of Panama is thought to be the Vizcaina, a caravel in his 4th voyage, scuttled in 1503 Christopher Columbus $800 DJ EXPLORATION 2003-11-17 #4416
On August 3, 1492 he & his crew left Palos, Spain, heading southwest & then west Christopher Columbus $200 J EXPLORERS 2002-10-22 #4172
Recent evidence indicates that he probably reached the island of Samana Cay, not Watling Island, on October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus $200 J EXPLORERS 2002-06-20 #4114
On his fourth voyage to the New World, 1502-1504, he reached Panama but did not cross the isthmus Columbus $600 DJ EXPLORERS 1997-10-06 #3011
In 1502, during his fourth voyage to the New World, he landed in what is now Honduras Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-12-09 #2826
In 1484 he presented his Enterprise of the Indies plan to King John of Portugal Christopher Columbus $100 J EXPLORERS 1996-10-29 #2797
After the Santa Maria ran aground in 1492, he used the salvaged lumber to build a fort Christopher Columbus $100 J EXPLORERS 1996-07-12 #2750
Amerigo Vespucci provided supplies for this man's second voyage of exploration in 1493 Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-04-03 #2678
On Oct. 12, 1492 he wrote, "This afternoon the people of San Salvador came swimming to our ships" Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-02-20 #2647
This Genoese explorer was in Lisbon in 1488 when Dias returned from rounding Africa Columbus $400 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-01-05 #2615
Juan de la Costa was the master of the flagship on his 1492 expedition to the New World Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1995-11-07 #2572
On his fourth voyage to the New World, he was marooned in the Caribbean for one year, 1503-04 Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1995-01-18 #2393
In the mid-1470s he joined his brother Bartholomew as a map dealer in Portugal Christopher Columbus $300 J EXPLORERS 1994-09-16 #2305
Around 1541 his remains, & those of his son Diego, were taken to the Cathedral of Santo Domingo on Hispaniola Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1994-05-12 #2244
On his fourth voyage to the New World, 1502-04, he was marooned in Jamaica for a year Columbus $200 J EXPLORERS 1994-04-25 #2231
In 1496 he returned to Spain, leaving his brother Bartolome in charge of Hispaniola Christopher Columbus $100 J EXPLORERS 1994-02-28 #2191
As a teenager he sailed on a Genoese galley against the pirates of Tunis Christopher Columbus $400 DJ EXPLORATION 1993-05-07 #2010
On Hispaniola in December 1492 he built a fort, La Navidad, from the timber of one of his ships Christopher Columbus $400 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-05-04 #1781
A direct descendant of this explorer was chosen to be a grand marshal of the 1992 Rose Parade Christopher Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-05-01 #1780
He died in 1506 at Valladolid, Spain, still believing that he had found an outlying part of Asia Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-03-19 #1749
In the 1480s his brother Bartholomew gave England's Henry VII a world map to show him their plan Christopher Columbus FJ EXPLORERS 1992-02-26 #1733
On his 3rd voyage to the New World in 1498, he became the 1st European to reach South America Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1991-05-08 #1553
In 1478, he served as a purchasing agent for the Genoese traders Di Negro & Centurione Columbus $200 J EXPLORERS 1991-03-21 #1519
The ancestors of the Texas longhorn were brought to the Americas in 1493 by this explorer Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1990-11-14 #1428
He overestimated the size of Asia & underestimated the Earth, so he thought he'd reached the Orient Christopher Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1990-02-13 #1262
Following his 3rd voyage to the New World, he was put in chains & sent back to Spain Columbus $200 DJ EXPLORERS 1988-10-12 #943
He died in Spain May 20, 1506, still believing he had reached the East Indies Christopher Columbus $100 J EXPLORERS 1986-09-09 #457
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