FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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wealthy families
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Italy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marchena helped Columbus recruit a crew. They ended up with 84 Spaniards, four sailors from what is now Italy, one Portuguese and a black sailor from the Canary Islands.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. With a crew of 90 men and three ships-the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria-he left from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -For 35 days, Columbus and his crew of 86 Spanish sailors sailed westward searching for a passage to China and India. With the men close to mutiny against their “foreign” captain, Columbus was about to turn back when the cry went out at 2 a.m. on October 12 that land had been sighted.