Explorer Christopher Columbus was given funding for his first journey.
He signed the contract in Santa Fe near Granada, Spain, and set sail to find the Indies on August 3.
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The Santa Maria sunk.
Explorer Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage, found Dominica and the Kalinago people.
Christopher Columbus wrote about tobacco use by the natives of New England.
Christopher Columbus embarked on his fourth and final journey into the New World.
Christopher Columbus claimed he first saw land at present-day Bahamas.
