voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
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The voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas were a series of late 15th-century transatlantic expeditions that initiated sustained European exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
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| instanceOf |
Age of Discovery expedition
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historical event ⓘ series of transatlantic voyages ⓘ |
| arrivalDate | 12 October 1492 ⓘ |
| commander | Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| departureCountry | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| departureDate | 3 August 1492 ⓘ |
| departurePort | Palos de la Frontera ⓘ |
| endTime | 1504 ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
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Age of Discovery
Renaissance ⓘ
surface form:
European Renaissance
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| exploredRegion |
Caribbean Sea
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Cuba ⓘ Greater Antilles ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ coasts of Central America ⓘ coasts of South America ⓘ |
| firstLandfall | Guanahani ⓘ |
| firstLandfallRegion | Bahamas ⓘ |
| flag | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| goal | find westward sea route to Asia ⓘ |
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fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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second voyage of Christopher Columbus
third voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | extent of Columbus’s awareness that he had reached a new continent ⓘ |
| impact |
accelerated European imperial competition in the New World
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devastating demographic effects on Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ expansion of Atlantic slave trade ⓘ initiated large-scale transatlantic migration ⓘ |
| narrativeSource |
Columbus’s letters
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Columbus’s logbooks ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first recorded transatlantic crossing from Europe to the Caribbean by Columbus ⓘ |
| numberOfVoyages | 4 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Columbian Exchange
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Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ |
| result |
Columbian Exchange
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European awareness of American continents ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonization of the Caribbean
beginning of sustained European colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| shipUsed |
Niña
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Pinta ⓘ Santa María ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Catholic Monarchs
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surface form:
Catholic Monarchs of Spain
Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ Isabella I of Castile ⓘ |
| startTime | 1492 ⓘ |
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