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Christopher Columbus encountered many hardships in getting funding for his expedition to the West Indies. He had in what that time was considered to be a far fetched idea that the world was round. He proposed that going across the ocean would bring him to The West Indies, an area rich in spices which were of great value. He received funding from the Spanish queen Isabella and her husband king Ferdinand. He Columbus encountered more suprises when he ran into the Bahamas. He is given credit for discovering North America although this is FALSE. Native Americans were already living here and the Vikings are to be given the true credit for advancing across the ocean between Iceland and Maine. Leif Erikson was the true discoverer of North America.

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