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Columbus set sail from palos de la frontera, Huelva, with three ships: la santa María, la Pinta and la Niña -
the expedition stopped in the Canary islands for final provision and repairs
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Columbus's expedition leaves the canary islands
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the sailors became impatient and were about to munity against Columbus
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Land was stopped by a sailor named Rodrigo de triana aboard the Pinta.They reached the island of Guanahani (which columbus named san salvador) in the Bahamas.
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Columbus arrived at cuba,which he believed to be the mainland of Asia.He named it Juana -
The expedition reached the island of Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republlic and Haití),where they encountered the indigenous Taíno people -
Colummbus established the settlement of La Navidad in hispaniola,build with the remains of the ship la Santa María -
La niña and La pinta set sail back to Spain, leaving about 40 crew menbers behind due to the lack of space
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La Niña arrived in palos de la frontera,followed shortly by La Pinta(which previously had stop in Bayona),bringin news of the discoveries