Christopher Columbus - Discovering the New World - 25 Interesting Facts

Christopher Columbus - Discovering the New World - 25 Interesting Facts

On Traveling Through History we take a look at the complicated legacy of Christopher Columbus, the great explorer and one of the discoverers of the "New World" which ended up being the continent of America.  Happy Columbus Day to all of you and we wanted to review with you the history of this important figure in world history.

Christopher Columbus (l. 1451-1506 CE, also known as Cristoffa Corombo in Ligurian and Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) was a Genoese explorer (identified as Italian) who became famous in his own time as the man who discovered the New World and, since the 19th century CE, is credited with the discovery of the Caribbean Islands, Central and South America.

Actually, owing to the early 16th-century CE popularity of the published letters of the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci (l. 1454-1512 CE), detailing his three voyages to the “New World” between 1497-1504 CE, the discovery of the Americas has been credited to him on world maps beginning in 1506 CE which is why the continents bear the feminine version of his name "America."

Columbus made four voyages to the area of the Caribbean, exploring Cuba, Central America, South America, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the islands of the Bahamas, and others between 1492-1504 CE:

First Voyage: 1492-1493 CE
Second Voyage: 1493-1496 CE
Third Voyage: 1498-1500 CE
Fourth Voyage: 1502-1504 CE

Columbus never set out to discover a New World, but to find a western sea route to the Far East to facilitate trade after the land route of the Silk Road, between Europe and the East, had been closed by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 CE, initiating the so-called Age of Exploration (also known as the Age of Discovery) which launched many European sea expeditions.  Columbus' first voyage brought him to one of the islands of the Bahamas on 12 October 1492 CE, which he claimed in the name of the monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and his wife Isabella of Castile of Spain.  His next three voyages were made to consolidate Spain's control of the region and establish colonies.

We review a short video and discuss the most important points about Christopher Columbus's legacy, and we discuss the 25 Interesting Facts about Christopher Columbus and his Discovery voyages to the New World.

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