Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492. He never landed on the mainland of North America. He visited South America in 1498, and Central America in 1502, after which he was stranded for nearly a year on the island of Jamaica in 1503.
Christopher Columbus sailed west in 1492.
Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies. He called it it that because he thought his in the west of India
Columbus was born between August 26 and October 31 in the year 1451, in the Italian port city of Genoa
He did not want Columbus to sail west
His ship was wrecked, and he had to wait a year for rescue to come and return him to Spain.
He did know that he was sailing West.
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after Christopher Columbus found the West Indies.
Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies. He called it it that because he thought his in the west of India
Columbus was born between August 26 and October 31 in the year 1451, in the Italian port city of Genoa
He did not want Columbus to sail west
The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Mariawere the ships Columbus sailed west with from Spain.
His ship was wrecked, and he had to wait a year for rescue to come and return him to Spain.
160 miles taking this route:Take U.S. 62 WEST to I-77 SOUTH.Take I-77 SOUTH to I-70 WEST to COLUMBUS at EXIT 44B.Take I-70 WEST to Columbus.
Columbus
He did know that he was sailing West.
Christopher Columbus. He thought he had reached India and named the island "Indies" and called its inhabitants, "Indians". Later Amerigo Vespucci proved that Colombus had actually found the New Lands, and not India. The island was then renamed "West Indies".