The navigator Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos (Huelva) to find the roads of the East Indies by the west.
Three caravels, the Santa María, the Pinta and the Niña, the browser accompany him on his journey. They will arrive two months later the West Indies.
August, 3 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
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