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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 stoppedin the Canary island for final provitions and repairs -
Columbu's expedition leaves Canary Island -
the sailors became impatient and were about to mutiny against Colombus -
land was spotted by a sailor named rodrigo de triana aboard the pinta.Theyreached the island of guanahani(which colombus named san salvador)in the bahamas -
Columbus arrived Cuba, which believed to be the mainland of Asia.He named it Juana -
Expedition rach island of Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti) where they encountred the indigenous Taino people -
Columbus stablished the settlement of la Navidad in Hispaniola, build with the remains of the ship la Santa María -
La Niña arrived in Palos de la Frontera, followed shortly by la Pinta (which previously had stop in Bayona) bringing newa of their discoveries -
La NIña and la Pinta sail back to Spain,leaving about 40 crew memebers behind due to the lack of space