Columbus reaches the Americas
1492 · Event
Christopher Columbus's first voyage lands in the Bahamas; opens the Columbian Exchange and four centuries of European colonisation.
On these timelines: The Voyages of Columbus, Master, Age of Exploration, Pre-Columbian Americas, Spain
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