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columbus set sail from huelva with three boats: la pinta, la niña and la santa maria. -
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the expedition stopped on the canary islands for final provisions and repairs -
columbus"s expedition leaves canary islands with all the required provisions -
the sailors became impatient and were about to mutiny against columbus -
land was spotted by rodrigo de triana aboard the pinta, they reached the island of guanahani in the bahamas -
He arrived in Cuba, but he thought it was the mainland of Asia. he named it Juana -
the reached hispanola(present-day dominican republic and haiti)where they encountered indigenous Taíno people. -
he established the settlement of La Navidad in Hispampña, built with the remains of the ship la Santa Maria. -
this two ships set sail to Spain, leaving 40 crew member behind due to the lack of space. -
the two ships arrived in Palos de la frontera bringing news of the news discoveries