When did Columbus discover America?

mementoflash

1492 Jan 18 06, 4:11 PM

helenasykes

in 1492 Columbus sailed the oceans blue. Jan 18 06, 4:31 PM

broadway01

In 1492 he sailded for China and ended up in America! Jan 18 06, 5:53 PM

V_MaRiE10

He discovered the ocean in 1492! :-) Jan 18 06, 6:23 PM

FashionDiVa_10

Chris Columbus discovered America in 1492! :-) Jan 18 06, 6:28 PM

buffy98

in 1492. i actually payed some attention in school(for once). Jan 18 06, 10:00 PM

Arpeggionist

It is a little known fact that Columbus never actually set foot on the mainland of North America (or South America for that matter). He explored the Carribean Sea, thinking that each new island he came across might be Japan. Only subsequent explorers (Cabot and Vespucci) recognized that there was this great landmass separating Spain from the East. Jan 19 06, 4:30 AM

benniebenbenny

In 1492,Columbus reached the shores of America probably to find the locals sunning themselves on the beach. Jan 19 06, 11:12 PM

Cymruambyth

Columbus didn't discover America, but he got to what is now the Dominican Republic in 1492. The first European to land on North american shores was probably Leif Erickson, who established a Viking settlement in northeastern Newfoundland in the eleventh century. Jan 22 06, 1:25 PM

Arpeggionist

Yes, but no Viking settlement lasted for more than a generation in what the Eriksons called Vinland. Jan 22 06, 2:52 PM

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