oct 12, 1492 - Columbus reaches the New World

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Columbus reached an island in the Carabian Sea. He claimed this island (San Salvador), Cuba and Hispaniola for the Spanish crown.

Source- "Christopher Columbus." Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. World History In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1616000154/WHIC?u=pl3483&sid=WHIC&xid=88121ae1. Accessed 24 Apr. 2018.