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| 1451 | Birth Spain |  |
| Genoa Birth of Chris topher Colombus |
| 1485 | Discovery of Trnidad Spain | |
| Trinidad Lands in Trinidad |
| 1492 | Discovery of America Spain | |
| 3rd Aug Canary Islands Sails south to the Canary Islands |
| 3rd Aug Palos Sales from Palos with the Nina, Pinta & his flagship the Santa Maria |
| 3rd Aug Palos Supported by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella |
| 6th Sep Canary Islands Sets sail from the Canary Islands across the Atlantic after the Pinta is repaired |
| 7th Oct Changes the direction of his fleet sth west after sighting flight paths of birds |
| 1492 | Discovery of Cuba Spain | |
| 23rd Oct Sets sail for Cuba from San Salvador |
| 29th Oct Discovers Cuba |
| 29th Oct Lands on Cuba, believes that it is the edge of the Asian mainland |
| 1492 | Discovery of Haiti Spain | |
| Dec Lands on Hati believing this to be Cipango, Asia & would have great quantities of gold |
| 1492 | Discovery of Magnetic Poles Spain | |
| 10th Sep Discovers compasses are inaccurate due to the earth's magnetic variation |
| 1492 | Discovery of San Salvador Spain | |
| 11th Oct San Makes a sighting of San Salvador |
| 12th Oct San Land is sighted, thought to be Watling Island, now San Salvador Island |
| 1492 | Discovery of Watling Island Spain | |
| 12th Oct Watling Island Land is sighted, thought to be Watling Island, now San Salvador Island |
| 1492 | Sinking Santa Maria Spain | |
| 24th Dec The Santa Maria runs aground in Haiti |
| 1493 | Arrest Spain | |
| 18th Feb Azores Arrested by the Governor of the Azores , must prove he had been hired by Ferdinand II |
| 1493 | Discovery of America Spain | |
| 4th Jan Colombus sets sail from Haiti & returns to Spain |
| 18th Feb Azores Lands ashore at the Azores on the return to Spain |
| 15th Mar Palos Returns to Palos from where he had departed with his fleet before landing in America |
| April Arrives at the court of Ferdinand & Isabella with news of his voyage to America |
| 25th Sep Cadiz Ferdinand backs a 2nd expedition with 17 ships which departs from Cadiz |
| 1494 | Discovery of Dominica Spain | |
| Discovers Dominica |
| 1494 | Discovery of Guadalope Spain | |
| Guadalope Lands on Islands that will be called Guadalope |
| 1494 | Discovery of Jamaica Spain | |
| 14th May Jamaica Discovers Jamaice & names the island Santiago, St James |
| 1494 | Discovery of Marigalante Spain | |
| Discovers Marigalante |
| 1494 | Discovery of Puerto Rico Spain | |
| Puerto Rico Discovers Puerto Rico |
| 1494 | Discovery of Virgin Islands Spain | |
| Virgin Islands Lands in the Virgin Islands |
| 1494 | Rule of Haiti Spain | |
| Isabella Founds the township of Isabella in Hispaniola, Haiti |
| 1498 | Discovery of Orinoco Spain | |
| 14th Aug River Orinoco Lands at the mouth of the river Orinoco |
| 1502 | Discovery of Honduras Spain | |
| Honduras Lands in Honduras |
| 1502 | Discovery of Nicaragua Spain | |
| Nicaragua Lands in Nicaragua |
