FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, Columbus ran into resistance when he tried to get funding for his landmark journey for a different reason. He mistakenly believed that the circumference of Earth was very small and that by traveling west toward what he thought was China, he’d open up new trade routes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because historians don’t know the exact date when his ships actually made landfall. Because Columbus committed brutal acts and began a period of conquest. Because Columbus was so mistaken about the size of the earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) is known for his 1492 ‘discovery’ of the New World of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria.
Detailed explanation-4: -The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the Americas.
Detailed explanation-5: -On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas. Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador.