[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. ... 
American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day 
Venezuela. ... He became obsessed with the possibility of pioneering a western 
sea route to ... He was the first European to explore the Americas since the 
Vikings set up... [DOC] [TLE] American Journeys Background on Journal of the First Voyage of ... [PAR] And he was the first European to explore the Caribbean islands and the 
mainland ... that he departed Spain on August 3, 1492, and returned in April 1493
, landing in ... When the authorities in Spain learned how bad the situation had 
become, ... the South American mainland at the Paria Peninsula in Venezuela on 
August 5,... [DOC] [TLE] American Journeys Background on Narrative of the Third Voyage of ... [PAR] He was ordained as a priest and became an outspoken advocate of the ... If 
Columbus did not discover America, he did find the best routes for Europeans to 
reach it, ... of his first voyage (AJ-062) shows that he departed Spain on August 3, 
1492, ... South American mainland at the Paria Peninsula in Venezuela on 
August 5,... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia [PAR] Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of 
the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he 
completed four ... Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the 
Americas, having ...... On 6 April one of the ships became stranded in the river. [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] Early American History and Literature [PAR] However, when Christopher Columbus and his crew made land in the ... The first 
migrants reached the North American continent some 15 to 20 thousand years 
ago. ... When Columbus sailed from Europe in 1492, he left behind him a number 
if ...... South American mainland at the Paria Peninsula in Venezuela on August 5,
... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus Voyage on Tripline [PAR] Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas ... 
August 3, 1492, Columbus brought the ships from the harbor of Palos de la ... 
Columbus, for his part, continued to the northern coast of Hispaniola, where he 
landed on 5 .... He then touched the mainland of South America at the Paria 
Peninsula. [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jun 6, 2013 ... He only reached the South American mainland on his third voyage in 1498, still ... 
Though not the first to reach the Americas from EuropeNorsemen had .... On 
the evening of August 3, 1492, Columbus left from Palos with three ... He first 
sailed to the Canary Islands, fortunately owned by Castile, where he... [DOC] [TLE] A Great Roaring - Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504 [PAR] I discovered for you, he reminded Ferdinand and Isabella between voyages, ..... 
Not since encountering land during his first voyage had he felt so relieved. ... of 
the Caribbean, only seven miles from the coast of Venezuela and South America. 
.... on until he made landfall on Venezuela's Paria Peninsula, August 5, 1498. [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) - The Latin Library [PAR] He was at first full of hope and ambition, an ambition partly gratified by his title ... 
effectively closed the land routes to the East and made the sea route south from 
.... Gulf of Paria and planted the Spanish flag on the Paria Peninsula in 
Venezuela. .... Columbus and his men did not reach Hispaniola until August 13 of 
that year. [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...

Question: On August 5, 1498 he landed on Venezuela's Paria Peninsula, becoming the first  European to reach South America
Answer: Columbus