Columbus: A New World? (TRIH ep 307, part 2)
1492 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook narrate the preparation, voyage and immediate aftermath of Christopher Columbus's first Atlantic expedition (1492). They cover recruitment at Palos, the three ships (Niña, Pinta, Santa María) and key crew figures — notably the Pinzón brothers — and discuss navigation, instruments and the decision to sail with prevailing winds.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1492
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Spanish Reconquista last campaign (1482)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)