He was a Genoese explorer who reached San Salvador on October 12, 1492. But sadly he died (42) of poverty and still believed that he was in Asia.
The first land that Christopher Columbus reached was an island in the Caribbean that he named San Salvador. He arrived there on October 12, 1492, during his first voyage across the Atlantic. The exact location of San Salvador is debated, but it is generally believed to be part of the present-day Bahamas. Columbus initially thought he had reached the outskirts of Asia, not realizing he had discovered a new continent.
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The disease reached Europe in 1347 when a fleet of Genoese ships arrived in Messina, Sicily, from Caffa, a port city on the Black Sea.
Christopher Columbus first reached the Canary Islands on October 12, 1492. Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering America however he was not the first explorer to reach America.
Born in October 1451, Christopher Columbus is the famous Italian explorer who is credited with discovering the American Continent. Setting sail for Asia in 1492, Christopher Columbus reached San Salvador near the present day Bahama Islands on October 12th 1492.
Christopher Columbus is the explorer who reached the Americas under the flag of Castile. He is an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
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Portuguese explorer BARTOLOMEU DIAS reached in india around 1488.
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Jacques Cartier reached most of the western part.