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39th year  -  N° 361                 Thursday, 26 December 2024         Antwerpen		
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Explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain
Christophorus Columbus


  • 3 August 1492 (x) sails off on the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina on his way to discover America in Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

  • 12 October 1492 (x) discovers and lands on the first land in the New World and calls it San Salvador in Guanahani, Bahamas.

  • 20 May 1509 (-) dies of Reiter's syndrome in Valladolid, Spain.


  • More info on Wikipedia