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    Why did Columbus abandon two of his four ships while sailing in the Carribean in 1502?

    Question #3653. Asked by Maggie. (Jun 25 00 6:19 PM)


    shantaram

    Due to SHIPWRECK: I quote from Encyclopaedia Britannica -- Also, though two of the men (Diego Méndez and Bartolomeo Fieschi, captains of the wrecked ships La Capitana and Vizcaíno, respectively) left about July 17 to get help for the castaways, traversing the 450-mile journey to Hispaniola safely by canoe, Ovando made no great haste to deliver.

    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-25450/Christopher-Columbus

    [Link added Feb. 26, 2008 by Zbeckabee]

    Jun 26 00, 2:05 AM


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