Columbus’s 4 voyages

• 1st Voyage, “Capitulaciones”: suspicion that unknown lands would be found

• 2nd, 1493: from exploration/trade to settlement (17 vessels, 1200 men--no women)

• 3rd, 1498-1500: encountered mainland (Orinoco River)

• 4th, 1502: disaster; 1506, death

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