Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus’s first Atlantic voyage reached an island in the Bahamas, beginning sustained contact between Europe and the Americas.
Why Columbus reaches the Americas matters
Christopher Columbus’s first Atlantic voyage reached an island in the Bahamas, beginning sustained contact between Europe and the Americas.
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