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10 de jun. de 2024 · Though Christopher Columbus is widely credited as the man who discovered America, his 1492 voyage was far from the first to land on the shores of the New World. In the Yukon alone, archaeological evidence has shown that humans reached the area at least 14,000 years ago.
10 de oct. de 2016 · Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492. Americans get a day off work on October 10 to celebrate Columbus Day. It's an annual holiday that commemorates the day on...
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8 de sept. de 2022 · Archaeologists once thought the Clovis people, living 13,000 years ago, were the first settlers of America. But evidence now suggests humans arrived in the Americas much earlier.
18 de abr. de 2023 · Some scientists believed that the ‘first’ inhabitants of America entered through the piece of land between Russia and Alaska. Formerly, it was thought that the Clovis people were the first ones to cross into the continent. However, they are dated to some 13,000 years ago.
9 de nov. de 2009 · The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but...
Columbus made three further voyages to the Americas, exploring the Lesser Antilles in 1493, Trinidad and the northern coast of South America in 1498, and the east coast of Central America in 1502. Many names he gave to geographical features, particularly islands, are still in use.
19 de jun. de 2024 · Did Christopher Columbus discover America? Some people say Columbus discovered America or the "New World," but Vikings such as Leif Eriksson had visited North America centuries earlier, and Native American tribes had lived in the Americas for centuries before either Columbus or the Vikings arrived.
