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Columbus makes landfall in the Americas

1492 CE · Bahamas, North America · Exploration

Columbus makes landfall in the Americas
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Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions to the Americas in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.

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