History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0154 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The 1492 Voyage
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The idea
Three ships, the Niña, Pinta and Santa María, made landfall on October twelfth, fourteen ninety-two in the Bahamas, then Hispaniola.
In practice
Columbus calling the Taíno he met Indios, which gave rise to Indian for any native people.
Where people slip
He believed he had reached the East Indies, and made three more voyages.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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