voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas

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Age of Discovery expedition historical event series of transatlantic voyages

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.

Aliases (8)

1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus ×2
Christopher Columbus’s voyages ×1
Columbian voyages ×1
Columbus's 1492 Atlantic fleet ×1
Columbus's 1492 expedition ×1
first voyage of Christopher Columbus ×1
second voyage of Christopher Columbus ×1
voyages of Christopher Columbus ×1

Statements (49)

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 Discovery → 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	first voyage of Christopher Columbus → fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus → 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 Caribbean → beginning of sustained European colonization of the Americas →
shipUsed	Niña → Pinta → Santa María →
sponsor	Catholic Monarchs of Spain → Ferdinand II of Aragon → Isabella I of Castile →
startTime	1492 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas ("first voyage of Christopher Columbus") → voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas ("second voyage of Christopher Columbus") →	hasPart
Niña ("Columbus's 1492 Atlantic fleet") → Santa María ("Columbus's 1492 expedition") →	partOf
European colonization of the Americas ("voyages of Christopher Columbus") → Spanish colonization of the Americas ("1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus") →	significantEvent
Pre-Columbian era →	endEvent
Huelva ("Christopher Columbus’s voyages") →	knownFor
New World ("1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus") →	linkedEvent
New World ("Columbian voyages") →	relatedConcept