[DOC] [TLE] Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia [PAR] In 1492 a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Christopher 
Columbus resulted in the discovery of the Americas, a continent which was 
previously unknown in Europe, as well as the colonization of the Americas. 
Columbus and his crew became the first Christians to make landfall in the ... This 
led to the discovery of a New World between Europe and Asia. [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 ... In one of his writings, he says he went to sea at the 
age of 10. ..... 13 January 1493, Columbus made his last stop of this voyage in 
the New World,... [DOC] [TLE] Age of Discovery - Wikipedia [PAR] The Age of Discovery is an informal and loosely defined European historical 
period from the 15th century to the 18th century, marking the time in which 
extensive overseas exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture 
and globalization. Many lands previously unknown to Europeans were 
discovered during this .... He landed on a continent uncharted by Europeans and 
seen as a new world,... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus [PAR] When he sighted America, he believed that he had reached his goal. ... their own 
coastal schooners, and Columbus' father may have had one of these. ... Off the 
south coast of Portugal the convoy was attacked, and the ship went down. ... 
Indies, the Portuguese were already probing for an eastern sea route around 
Africa. [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jun 6, 2013 ... Columbus first presented his plan for a western route to the Indies to the court of 
Portugal in 1485. ... According to the contract that Columbus made with King and 
Queen ... The Portuguese had managed to circumnavigate Africa and were ... He 
first sailed to the Canary Islands, fortunately owned by Castile,... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 2: The Planting of English America, 1500-1733 - AP U.S. ... [PAR] After Columbus's landfall, the Native American peoples had nearly been ... who 
landed in 1585 on North Carolina's Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia, ... of 
the end of Spanish imperial dreams but the New World empire would last .... four 
to oneWest Indians were among the children of the African Diaspora, the vast... [DOC] [TLE] Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest - North Carolina ... [PAR] In 1491, no European knew that North and South America existed. ... Once Spain 
was reconquered, Muslims and Jews were forced to convert to ... The long 
Reconquista tended to make the Spanish, and especially Castilians, not only .... 
explorers found the west coast of North America sometime before Columbus' 
journey,... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - United States History [PAR] Christopher Columbus, the son of a respected weaver and local politician, ... the 
Mediterranean and one day was shipwrecked off the coast of Portugal. ... sailed 
first to the Canary Islands, where repairs were made and additional food was 
taken aboard. On September 6, the ships headed due west, catching the 
favorable... [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. ... But there is 
no evidence that he ever made landfall in North America. ... and the east coast of 
Africa using navigational techniques that were, at the time, cutting edge. .... had 
left the Canary Islands nearly three weeks earlier, heading west... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus and the History of Colonial Destruction. An ... [PAR] Oct 11, 2016 ... christopher-columbus-africa-america ... Portuguese traders procured not only 
various west African ... established colonies on previous uninhabited islands off 
the African ... the spice islands (present-day Indonesia) collectively these areas 
were ... Columbus was cheered and followed everywhere he went. [DOC] [TLE] The Naming of America [PAR] AMERICA, we learn as schoolchildren, was

Question: These islands off the African cpast were the last stop Columbus made before he headed west to the New World
Answer: Canary Islands