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Columbus didn't have much to show for his adventures when he returned to Spain, but he quickly secured funding for a second voyage. Returning to the fort on Hispaniola was his first priority ...
Columbus landed on the western coast of Puerto Rico on Nov. 19, 1493, on his second voyage to the New World. Other stopovers on that voyage included Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua ...
Most people who went to elementary school in the United States know the name Christopher Columbus ... September 1493 and crossed the Atlantic a second time. There was a five-year gap between ...
Everyone remembers that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but fewer know the story of how, on a voyage six years later, things quite literally went pear-shaped. Slapdash navigation led the ...
Donation Options Search Search Search Hundreds of protesters surrounded the Christopher Columbus ... the nation begotten as a result of Columbus’ four voyages will live up to the promises ...
Professor Morison sat tall and erect in the bow, clutching a copy of Christopher Columbus ... checking up on the western end of Columbus’ second voyage. Last .year Professor Morison retraced ...
In 1492, Christopher ... proposed a three-ship voyage of discovery to the Portuguese king but was denied. He was rejected again by leaders in Genoa and Venice. In 1486, Columbus went to the ...
The road was officially renamed Christopher Columbus Causeway on Oct. 20, 1992, in recognition of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage to the ... but current 3rd District Alderman Mike ...
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus ... requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year ...