Events
Oct 31, 1451
Christopher Columbus is
born in Genoa, Italy1476
Columbus's ship is attacked by pirates.
Sinks. Survives and makes it
to Lisbon, Portugal.Aug 1492
Columbus departs with three ships.Oct 1492
Columbus spies land,
most likely on the island of
San Salvador.Mid 1493
Columbus returns to Europe.End 1493
Columbus sails back to the Americas.1496
Back to Spain he goes!1498
Columbus sails back to the Americas, this time closer to Central America.1500
Columbus, for the third time, returns to Spain1502
Columbus goes back to the Americas,
this time finally setting foot
on the mainland1504
Columbus travels back to Europe for the last time.May 20, 1506
Columbus dies peacefully
in SpainPeriods
Somewhere around this time...
Columbus works on a merchant shipEnd of 15th Century
Gets his plan to sail west.
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