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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher columbus first departure
Colombus departs on the evening with three ships -
Period: Aug 6, 1492 to Aug 9, 1492
Colombus ship problem
colombus's ship rudder is broken leaving the ship broken however the captain was able to work the rudder with cords until they got to canary island where the ship was fixed -
Sep 8, 1492
Colombus magnet discovery
colombus discovers that his compass does not point to the north star but to the north magnetic pole, which he did not know of -
Oct 7, 1492
Colombus changes course
colombuses crew finds a flock of birds flying and decides to change course to follow them -
Oct 12, 1492
Colombus discovers land
At 2 A.M one member of oolombuses crew discovers land -
Period: Nov 3, 1492 to Nov 19, 1492
Columbus carribean exploration
Columbus explores 7 islands near the carribean -
Jan 15, 1493
Columbus first returns home
Columbus makes his first journey home -
Sep 24, 1493
Columbus 2nd journey starts
Columbus starts his 2nd voyage with a larger fleet of ships -
Period: Oct 28, 1493 to Dec 5, 1493
Colombuses other journeys
Colombus also journeys the north east of cuba and present day haiti and dominican republic -
Period: Nov 22, 1493 to Aug 20, 1494
Columbus returns to hispaniola
columbus sails back to hispaniola and explores 3 more islands and then returns home for the 2nd time -
May 30, 1498
Columbus starts his third voyage
Columbus leaves port with a fleet of six ships -
Period: Aug 4, 1498 to Aug 12, 1498
Columbus explores more
Columbus explores the gulf of paria -
Aug 19, 1498
Columbus returns once more
Columbus returns to hispaniola once again and governs it -
May 12, 1502
Columbus's fourth voyage
accompanied by hsi step-brother and 13 year old son columbus begins his final voyage -
Period: Jun 15, 1502 to Oct 16, 1502
Columbus further explorations
columbus explores many more places including carbet on the martinque, santo domingo brief stop at jamaica, landign on the bay islands, and arriving in panama -
Jun 25, 1503
Columbus stranded
due to an attack on the ship and a severe storm columbus's ship is beached in st anns bay jamaica -
Nov 7, 1504
Last return home
With help form the govenor columbus is able to leave the island and return home
