they were called dicks, no really. Dicks.
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas on October 12, 1492, at an island in the Bahamas, which he named San Salvador. This initial landing marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization in the New World. While Columbus believed he had reached Asia, he had actually encountered the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus believed that the lands he reached were the West Indies, in Southern Asia, although it was actually the Carribean Islands, south of North America.
He sailed across the Atlantic Ocean by traveling from 36 degrees N, 6 degrees W to 24 degrees N, 70 degrees W.
The goal for the first voyage of Christopher Columbus was to reach the West Indies.
Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to discover America. In 1492, he set sail on an expedition funded by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. Columbus was searching for a new route to Asia but instead landed in the Caribbean, believing he had reached the East Indies.
Technically, Christopher Columbus never actually reached North America, because he never came to the mainland. Columbus reached several of the Caribbean islands by ship.
That was Christopher Columbus.
Columbus reached all the major islands of the caribbean and Honduras in Central America which he called the Indies
they were called dicks, no really. Dicks.
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas on October 12, 1492, at an island in the Bahamas, which he named San Salvador. This initial landing marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization in the New World. While Columbus believed he had reached Asia, he had actually encountered the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus.
There is no evidence that Christopher Columbus ever reached Antarctica.
Most of the lands that Christopher Columbus reached on his four voyages were in the Caribbean Sea. He also visited the coasts of Mexico and Central America.
Christopher Columbus believed that the lands he reached were the West Indies, in Southern Asia, although it was actually the Carribean Islands, south of North America.
separate voyages to the Caribbean from 1492 to 1504, he remained convinced that he had found the lands that Marco Polo reached in his overland travels to China at the end of the 13th century.
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Christopher Columbus