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Article: 1492: discovering Columbus' legacy.(The Last Word)
- Article from:
- The New American
- Article date:
- November 3, 2003
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On the 11th of October, 511 years ago, on board the small, but sturdy, caravel Nina, a sailor peered down into the heaving ocean and saw a branch, its stalks and twigs loaded with berries. Aboard the two ships accompanying the Nina other sailors had noticed a log and were cheered to find a piece of wood that looked as if it had been worked by human hands. It seemed that the long voyage might finally be coming to an end. Of his crew this day, the commander of the expedition, Cristoforo Colombo--Christopher Columbus wrote, "These signs encouraged them, and they all grew cheerful."
Two hours after midnight on Friday, October 12, 1492, Columbus' tiny fleet hove to in ...