USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus set sail from Spain in three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. On August 3, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus started his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -On his second voyage in 1493, he sailed with seventeen ships and about 1200 men, arriving in Hispaniola in late November to find the fort of La Navidad destroyed with no survivors. Near its ruins, on the northern coast of the present-day Dominican Republic, he founded the short-lived town of Isabella.

Detailed explanation-3: -In September 1493, Columbus set sail on his second voyage. But instead of the tiny fleet of his first voyage, he led 17 ships and nearly 1200 people! The fleet included two naos, Columbus’ flagship Marígalante and Gallega.

Detailed explanation-4: -Columbus brought back many enslaved Indigenous people with him. Columbus, who had once again promised gold and trade routes, did not want to return to Spain empty-handed. Queen Isabella, appalled, decreed that the New World Indigenous people were subjects of the Spanish crown and therefore could not be enslaved.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was made Admiral of the Ocean Sea and Governor of the Indies. The success of the voyage was immediately recognized, and Columbus was quickly outfitted for a second voyage with seventeen ships, more than 1, 200 men, and instructions from the King and Queen to treat the natives well.