Before revision: First landing in the Americas upright=1.8|First voyage (conjectural): modern place names in black, Columbus's place names in blue After 29 days out of sight of land, on 7 October 1492, the crew spotted "[i]mmense flocks of birds", some of which his sailors trapped and determined to be "field" birds (probably Eskimo curlews and American golden plovers).
After revision: First landing in the Americas upright=1.8|First voyage (conjectural): modern place names in black, Columbus's place names in blue After 29 days out of sight of land, on October 7 1492, the crew spotted "[i]mmense flocks of birds", some of which his sailors trapped and determined to be "field" birds (probably Eskimo curlews and American golden plovers).