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Columbus leaves Spain searching for a new route to Asia.
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The spotter on the Pinta spots land about 2 A.M. The land would later be named San Salvador.
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Columbus named the island that they landed on San Salvador in the name of Ferdinand and Isabella.
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Columbus returned to Spain to tell King Ferdinand about his discovery.
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Columbus left Spain to colonize the region he discovered on his first voyage. He named one of the islands on this trip Dominica.
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He went to explore South America.
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Left with his brother Bartolomeo and his son Fernando in search for the Strait of Malacca.
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Columbus died of a heart attack at the age of 54.
