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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Age of Discovery expedition
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
surface form: Age of Discovery

Renaissance
surface form: European Renaissance
exploredRegion Caribbean Sea
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
hasPart voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas self-linksurface differs
surface form: first voyage of Christopher Columbus

fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
devastating demographic effects on Indigenous peoples of the Americas
expansion of Atlantic slave trade
initiated large-scale transatlantic migration
narrativeSource Columbus’s letters
Columbus’s logbooks
notableEvent first recorded transatlantic crossing from Europe to the Caribbean by Columbus
numberOfVoyages 4
relatedConcept Columbian Exchange
Spanish colonization of the Americas
Treaty of Tordesillas
result Columbian Exchange
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
Pinta
Santa María
sponsor Catholic Monarchs
surface form: Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Ferdinand II of Aragon
Isabella I of Castile
startTime 1492

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Pre-Columbian era endEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
Spanish colonization of the Americas significantEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
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European colonization of the Americas significantEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: voyages of Christopher Columbus
New World relatedConcept voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Columbian voyages
New World linkedEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
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this entity surface form: first voyage of Christopher Columbus
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas hasPart voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: second voyage of Christopher Columbus
Santa María partOf voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Columbus's 1492 expedition
Niña partOf voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Columbus's 1492 Atlantic fleet
Huelva knownFor voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Christopher Columbus’s voyages
Atlantic Ocean and lands westward toward the Indies linkedTo voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: voyages of Christopher Columbus
Nuevo Mundo associatedWithEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: voyages of Christopher Columbus
La Gallega notableEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Columbus’s landfall voyage to the Americas
Giornata di Colombo commemorativeFocus voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus
Columbus’s letters describes voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: first voyage of Christopher Columbus
Pinzón family associatedWith voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: First voyage of Christopher Columbus
Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago shipsSymbolize voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: voyages of Christopher Columbus
The Coming of Columbus basedOn voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: voyages of Christopher Columbus
Lugares Colombinos associatedWithEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: first voyage of Christopher Columbus
Spanish colonial period in Jamaica hasCause voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: voyages of Christopher Columbus
Spanish overseas territories significantEvent voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Voyages of Christopher Columbus
1507 world map influencedBy voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
this entity surface form: Christopher Columbus's voyages