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Discovery of Watling Island

Name: Discovery of Watling Island – Spain factsheet records
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Spain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1492Date range

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Chronological records

1492

Christopher Colombus12 October 1492

Watling Island · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Land is sighted, thought to be Watling Island, now San Salvador Island

Names involved

Christopher Colombus

Provenance

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