[DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia [PAR] Christopher Columbus ( c. 1451  20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, 
navigator, colonizer, ... During his first voyage in 1492, he reached the New 
World instead of arriving at ... as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and 
Central America, claiming .... The true figure is now known to be vastly larger: 
about 20,000 km. [DOC] [TLE] Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia [PAR] In 1492 a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Christopher 
Columbus ... Columbus made a total of four voyages to the Americas between 
1492 and ..... On November 3, 1493, Christopher Columbus landed on a rugged 
shore on an .... He then explored the mainland of South America, including the 
Orinoco... [DOC] [TLE] Columbus lands in South America - Aug 01, 1498 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Columbus lands in South America on Aug 01, 1498. ... 
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the 
first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. ... against his patrons' 
wishes, he explored the coast of Central America looking for a strait and for gold. [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of Christopher Columbus, including videos, 
interesting ... Ask HISTORY: Did Columbus Really Discover America? ... abroad 
in the hope that explorers would find great wealth and vast undiscovered lands. 
... French privateers attacked his ship as it sailed north along the Portuguese 
coast. [DOC] [TLE] Coming to America: Who Was First? : NPR [PAR] Oct 8, 2007 ... Columbus gets the credit for being the first to land on these shores. ... Did you 
believe that Christopher Columbus discovered America and that was ... that a 
Chinese fleet went as far as the coast of Africa, in present-day Kenya. [DOC] [TLE] The First Europeans < Early America < History 1994 < American ... [PAR] The first Europeans to arrive in North America -- at least the first for whom there is 
... the northeast coast of what is now Canada and spent at least one winter there. 
... In 1497, just five years after Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean ... 
but the first explorations of the continental United States were launched from the
... [DOC] [TLE] So, Who Did Discover America? | History Today [PAR] Sebastian Munster's map, published in 1540, the first to show America as a 
continent. ... That the reference to new land was preceded in Italian by the 
definite article, ... and settle Greenland is by now well known and confirmed by 
archaeological ... that Norsemen had made several trips to within sight of the 
Canadian coast,... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - United States History [PAR] Christopher Columbus, the son of a respected weaver and local politician, was 
born in Genoa. ... Most authorities believe the landing took place on present-day 
Watling ... first at Trinidad off the coast of Venezuela, then sailed toward the 
mainland. ... Columbus sailed along the coast of Central America, hoping in vain 
to find... [DOC] [TLE] 1. First Arrivals, Settlement, American Beginnings: 1492-1690 ... [PAR] Spanish: Columbus's first settlement in the New World, 1493 (PDF) ... When we 
talk about the European settling of North America, the word "first" creeps into the 
... with "first arrivals"Europeans who cross the Atlantic, disembark on land ... 
shore of Hispaniola (in present-day Dominican Republic) during his second 
voyage... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about Christopher Columbus at Encyclopedia.
com. ... As Samuel Eliot Mori-son (The European Discovery of America, p. .... 
Columbus headed north to Haiti and landed on the south coast of Santo 
Domingo, ..... In April 1503 the ships left the mainland, but the hulls were 
thoroughly bored by... [DOC] [TLE] Top 5 misconceptions about columbus christopher columbus [PAR] Oct 9, 2011 ... Much of what we say about Christopher Columbus is wrong; ... C.M.E. If 
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Question: Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country
Answer: Venezuela