[DOC] [TLE] Columbus lands in South America - Aug 01, 1498 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the 
first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. ... wishes, he 
explored the coast of Central America looking for a strait and for gold. ... 1506, 
without realizing the great scope of his achievement: He had discovered for 
Europe the... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia [PAR] ... the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming all of it for the 
Crown of Castile. Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the... [DOC] [TLE] Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia [PAR] Date, 1492, 1493, 1498, 1502. Location, Americas. Participants, Christopher 
Columbus and Castilian crew (among others). Outcome, Re-discovery and 
European colonization of the Americas. 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... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - United States History [PAR] Columbus became one of the few voices to call for sailing west to reach the ... 
The third voyage departed from Seville in May 1498, with only six ships. ... 
touched land first at Trinidad off the coast of Venezuela, then sailed toward the 
mainland. ... Ferdinand and Isabella, whose sympathy was waning, spared the 
explorer from... [DOC] [TLE] Age of Exploration Time Line - Home to BruceRuiz.net [PAR] This is a time line for the Age of Exploration of America. ... Sighted land in the 
Bahamas on October 12, 1492, discovered Cuba, Espaola, and other islands in 
West Indies. ... Guiana's on August 2, 1498 and sailed west along the coast to 
Venezuela. ... He sighted the mainland near the mouth of the Orinoco River, He 
sailed... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - Mrs. Wahn's Classroom Page [PAR] His four voyages (in 1492-93, 1493-96, 1498-1500 and 1502-04) opened the 
way for ' ... Columbus believed that he could reach Asia by sailing west from 
Spain and searched ... then the mainland of South America, sighting Venezuela 
first and cruising along the ... Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian 
explorer. [DOC] [TLE] AP History: Key People & Terms Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, ... 
the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under 
the ..... lost in shipwrecks and attacks, Gama landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498. 
..... Verrazzano reached the coast of Brazil with two ships and harvested a cargo 
of... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of Amerigo Vespucci | History Today [PAR] In 1498 Columbus discovered the mainland of South America at the mouth of ... 
to explore the Venezuelan coast and in 1500 a squadron of Portuguese ships... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] This would antedate the Columbus discovery of the mainland of Venezuela by a 
year. Following the coast, the ships reached "Lariab, " tentatively taken for 
Tamaulipas. ... The expedition reached Cadiz in October 1498. ... Vespucci 
probably discovered the Amazon mouth; he certainly did so if he remained close 
to land... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] As Samuel Eliot Mori-son (The European Discovery of America, p. ... Columbus' 
first transatlantic voyage set sail on 3 August 1492 from Palos with the ... Sailing 
along the coast of Cuba, he came to believe that he had reached Cathay and ... 
Two vessels left in January 1498; but the other six, with Columbus, did not sail 
from... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jun 6, 2013 ... Though not the first to reach the Americas from EuropeNorsemen had reached 
... as a dated evaluation of the explorer that marginalizes the near total ... Queen, 
if Columbus discovered any new islands or mainland, he would: .... On this first 
voyage, Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: This explorer first reached the mainland of the Americas on the coast of Venezuela in 1498
Answer: (Christopher) Columbus