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[[Image:columbus.jpg|thumb]] '''Christopher Columbus''' (1451-1506) was a [[Genoa|Genoese]] explorer who explored the [[West Indies]] for [[Spain]] from 1492 to 1502.  Christopher Columbus was the second named European sailor to arrive at the Americas (the first one being the Norse explorer [[Leif Erikson]], whose discovery produced no enduring settlements, although  there is good evidence that Viking settlements lasted until the early 12th century), (though [[Basques|Basque]] fishermen had been visiting the [[Grand Banks]] off [[Newfoundland]] for hundreds of years).

[[Image:columbus.jpg|thumb]] '''Christopher Columbus''' (1451-1506) was a [[Genoa|Genoese]] explorer who explored the [[West Indies]] for [[Spain]] from 1492 to 1502.  Christopher Columbus was the second named European sailor to arrive at the Americas (the first one being the Norse explorer [[Leif Erikson]], whose discovery produced no enduring settlements, although  there is good evidence that Viking settlements lasted until the early 12th century), (though [[Basques|Basque]] fishermen had been visiting the [[Grand Banks]] off [[Newfoundland]] for hundreds of years).

==First Voyage==

==First Voyage==