Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. He departed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, on August 3, and reached the Bahamas on October 12 of that same year. This journey is often credited with opening the Americas to European exploration and colonization.
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1492 was the year Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.
Christopher Columbus set sail in the year of 1492
Columbus took specimens of plants that he found in America because he wanted to make money off them. He wanted to study them and judge if they had any value.
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1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue...a little trick for memory
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1492 August 2nd
Columbus Day is NOT a federal holiday. No federal buildings or services are closed for it. Some places, like schools, take off the other. Others do not.
Take I-70 WEST from Columbus to I-65 NORTH to CHICAGO via I-465 NORTH (EXIT 90 off I-70 in Indiana) and I-865 WEST (EXIT 25 off I-465).Take I-65 NORTH to Chicago.
1492 was the year Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.
Christopher Columbus set sail in the year of 1492
Columbus born in 1451
Take I-85 SOUTH through North Carolina and South Carolina to I-185 SOUTH to COLUMBUS at EXIT 21 in Georgia. In Georgia, you will bypass Atlanta by taking I-285 EAST BYPASS (EXIT 95A off I-85 and EXIT 61 off I-285 to get back onto I-85 SOUTH).Take I-185 SOUTH to COLUMBUS.
columbus discovered jamaica in the year 1492