Christopher Columbus first reached the shores of the western hemisphere in October of 1492. He landed on the island that eventually became Hispaniola.
Land was first sighted about 2 AM on the morning of 12 October, 1492.
A Norseman named Leif Ericson was the first recorded European to land in North America. He did this nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
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The Eastern would reach noon first, because of the fact that the sun rises in the east first.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus first reached the shores of the western hemisphere in October of 1492. He landed on the island that eventually became Hispaniola.
Land was first sighted about 2 AM on the morning of 12 October, 1492.
Columbus made four voyages to the Western Hemisphere, but only on the fourth voyage did he reach North America.
A Norseman named Leif Ericson was the first recorded European to land in North America. He did this nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
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Christopher Columbus reached the island of San Salvador (now part of The Bahamas) on October 12, 1492. This marked the first landfall of his expedition to the Americas.
South America
people thought he reached the west indies first.
They traveled across the ocean with ships. The first people to reach America Was Columbus, who traveled on the Mayflower from Spain.
Christopher Columbus belied the sine the earth was round, ( as did many other people ) he could sail west from Spain and reach the riches of India and East Asia. He did not realize how large the earth was, so he was betting on it being smaller and thus a westward route could solve the long distance required of ships to sail around Africa to reach India. As it turned out, of course, the globe was much larger than he expected and he was the leader of others of "discovering" the Western Hemisphere.
which location would reach noon first? the eastern city or the western city?