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columbus set sail from palos de la frontera , huelva, with three ships: la santa maria , la pinta y la niña -
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the expendition stopped in the stopped in the canary islands for final provisions and repains -
columbus expendition leave the canary islands -
the sailors became impatient and were about to mutiny against columbus -
Land was spotted by a sailor named rodrigo de triana aboard the Pinta. They reached the island pf guanahani ( which Columbus named San Salvador) in the Bahamas -
Columbus arrived in Cuba, which he belived to be the mainald of Asia. He named it Juana -
The expedition reached the island of Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti), where they encountered the indigenous Taíno people. -
Columbus 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 members behind due to the lack of space -
La Niña arrived in Palos de la Frontera, followed shortly by la Pinta (which previously had stop in Bayona), brining news of their discoveries