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Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera,Huelva,with three ships:la Santa Maria,la Pinta and la Niña. -
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the expedition stopped in the canary islands for final provitions and repairs. -
columbus expedition leaves the canary islands -
the sailors became impatient and were about to mutiny against columbus -
columbus arrived in cuba, which he believed to be the mainland of asia. he named it juana -
the expedition reached the island of hispania (present-day dominican republic and and haiti), wherethey encountered the indigenous taino people. -
land was spotted by a sailor named rodrigo de triana aboard the pinta they reached the island of guanahani(which columbus named san salvador) in the bahamas. -
columbus stablished the settlement of la navidad in hispaniola , build with the remains of the ship la santa maria -
la niña and la pinta set sail back to spain leaving about 40 crew members behind due to the lack of space -
la niña arrive in palos de la frontera followed shortly by la pinta (which previously had stop in bayona), brinding news of their discoveries.