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This Day In History: Columbus Discovers America (1492)

On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus sights land in the modern West Indies. He is the first European to set sight of land in the Americas since the Vikings. He had…

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This Day In History: Christopher Columbus Sets Sail (1492)

On this Day in History, the Italian mariner Christopher Columbus sets sail with three ships—the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and…

Ed · 3 min