First voyage of Columbus
1492–1493 · Event
Three small ships, ninety men, and thirty-three days of open ocean on a crossing their commander has underestimated by three-quarters — to landfall in the Bahamas, the first Atlantic crossing to the Americas in recorded history since the Norse. Columbus returns convinced he has reached the fringe of Asia, and never stops believing it.
On these timelines: The Voyages of Columbus, Age of Exploration, Spain, Master, Latin America
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