he received money to pay for his trip from the Spanish royalty
Although he was Italian, at the time the Italian and all other European nations were either at war or economically struggling or found his desired voyage far from a priority. The Spanish monarch were the only ones willing to fund his voyage.
Europe is the country credited with discovering America.
Leif Ericson might have traveled to Baffin Island, Canada around AD 1000. However, European exploration of America effectively started with Christopher Columbus, a Genoan sailing under the flag of Spain, in 1492.
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Columbus landed in San Salvador on Oct 12th, 1492. The official date for the discovery of the new world by Europeans.
These days, an instrument called a "Sextant". Before Columbus, an "Astrolabe".
America you may belive it or not is not only the USA, the USA, is part of America, as well as Brazil, Argentina, or Mexico, the place of America that Columbus landed on was what we now know as Haiti, and Dominican Republic, please dont be a fool and think that the only country with the right to call themselfs Amercia is the USA.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus, sailing under the Spanish flag, made his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and is credited with the European discovery of the Americas. He landed in the Bahamas, specifically on an island he named San Salvador, marking the beginning of European exploration and colonization of the continent. While Columbus believed he had reached Asia, his voyages ultimately led to the widespread awareness of the Americas in Europe.
Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? - 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who first crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492, sailing under the flag of the Kingdom of Castile.
not hardly- Columbus lived long before anybody even dreamed of a US president. (Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed under the Spanish flag and reached North America in 1492.)
The Vikings under Leif Erickson.
Heavy Weather Sailing: Sailing under shortened sail.Sailing Under.Could also refer to Sailing under a certain flag depending on what country controled the waters you were entering so your ship would not be stopped and inspected.Hope This Helps.
Christopher Columbus wanted to reach the East Indies by sailing west. He tried to raised the money for this expedition in Italy and Portugal, but no one would give him the ships he needed. Finally Columbus went to the king and queen of Spain. They gave him three ships; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, as well as a crew and the money he needed to make the trip. On October 12, 1492 Columbus reached the land. He had not found the Indies. He was really in the Atlantic Ocean. The islands he discovered were off the coast of North America; San Salvador then Cuba which Columbus called Juana. Columbus went back to Spain and showed everyone the gold and other goods he had found. Columbus sailed back to the New World three more times.