Columbus Lands in America
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Discovery, Exploration, Geography
- Subcategories: Ships, Naval History, Explorers
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain, Cuba, West Indies, Bahamas
- Date: October 12, 1492
Article abstract: Columbus lands in America, ending the isolation of the Western Hemisphere from the Old World and Eastern Hemisphere and extending exploration, migration, and cultural exchange.
Summary of Event
At the end of the fifteenth century, the domination of the eastern Mediterranean by the Turks and the obstruction of land routes by the recently triumphant Ottomans at Constantinople had made the old avenues of East-West trade costly and dangerous. The Venetians clung tenaciously to the old routes, while the Genoese and Florentines explored trade...
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