Christopher Columbus became the first explorer and trader to cross the Atlantic Ocean and sight the land of the Americas, on 12 October 1492, under the flag of Castile, a former kingdom of modern day Spain.
Christopher Columbus landed on Puerto Rico on September 25, 1493.
Cristobal Colón (Spanish - Name he called himself in later life)
Christofaro Colombo (Native Italian Name)
Arrived in 1492
1492
Columbus never arrived in North America so he couldn't have left it. He left Spain in Aug of 1492 and sailed for 33 days before he landed in Hispaniola on Oct. 12, 1492.
Christopher Colombus arrived in America in 1492. However he thought he had landed in India and called the inhabitatants Indians. He then claimed the land for Spain.
Supposedly 1492, but Vikings made it to the region now called Canada, so they arrived before Columbus. Then again, the American Indians arrived even earlier via the Bering Strait.
When Columbus landed in 1492.
He found America!!
The Moors were driven out of Spain in 1492.
Since October 12, 1492.
He didn't land in North America, but on an island. He lived in Spain most of his life.
Christopher Columbus discovered America on Thursday, October 11
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