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On a trip to Asia in 1492, he ended up thousands of miles away and still got a U.S. federal holiday in his honor |
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FAILING HISTORY |
2023-10-25 |
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Recent statue topplings by activists have included those of this explorer in St. Paul & in Richmond |
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THIS WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY |
2022-06-03 |
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St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands has a landing site named for this man's visit on Nov. 14, 1493 |
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HISTORIC PLACES |
2021-03-15 |
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The Treaty of Tordesillas signed by Portugal & Spain dealt with discoveries by this man not born in either country |
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PORTUGUESE HISTORY |
2017-06-28 |
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In a 1500 letter, he wrote, "I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people" |
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HISTORICAL QUOTATIONS |
2014-11-05 |
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On Oct. 12, 1492 this captain thought he was on an island near Japan--not exactly |
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HISTORICAL WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? |
2009-12-31 |
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Ending in 1504, his fourth voyage to the New World took him to Panama |
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THE SWEET 16th CENTURY |
2006-01-27 |
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On August 5, 1498 he landed on Venezuela's Paria Peninsula, becoming the first European to reach South America |
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SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY |
2005-11-28 |
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In 1492 this man landed on the island of San Salvador & came in contact with Native Americans called Arawaks |
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NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY |
2005-10-11 |
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Sailor who in 1500 got the Father's Daycard:To a Great Dad, Someday you'll get your own day!Love, Diego |
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HISTORIC GREETING CARDS |
2005-06-21 |
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In 1502, on his fourth voyage, he landed at what is now Trujillo, Honduras |
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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY |
2002-05-01 |
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His second voyage, beginning in 1493, included visits to Jamaica & Puerto Rico |
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HISTORY |
2000-04-13 |
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In May 1502, with his son Ferdinand, he set sail on his fourth & last transatlantic voyage |
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TOUGH HISTORY |
1998-04-30 |
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On Oct. 28, 1492 he landed at Cuba, first calling it Juana in honor of the Spanish rulers' daughter |
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HISTORY |
1997-06-20 |
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In 1493 he reached Montserrat in the West Indies & named it for a Spanish mountain |
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HISTORY |
1997-03-14 |
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On his fourth voyage to the New World, he landed in Costa Rica & gave it its name |
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HISTORY |
1995-03-28 |
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His first expedition to the New World began from Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492 |
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HISTORY |
1995-03-03 |
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In 1484, Portugal rejected his "Enterprise of the Indies" plan, so he sought support in Spain |
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THE 1480s |
1993-11-23 |
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It's said a map by Toscanelli inspired this Genoese sailor to seek a westward route to the Far East |
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HISTORY |
1988-02-24 |
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Looking for Japan, he landed in Haiti in 1492 |
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HISTORY |
1985-03-08 |
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The Spanish call him Cristobal Colon |
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HISTORY |
1985-02-27 |
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