christopher columbus
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222318)
• United States
28 Oct 19
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1492 - Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World.
1726 - The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.
1886 - President Cleveland dedicates...
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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
11 Oct 17
First he didn't really discovered America, Native Americans did! Some Vikings and a Chinese explorer had been there first but you don't see them mass murdering Natives.
Also he is not the person who proves the world is round....
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Susan
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
11 May 17
I just read an article that claims that Christopher Columbus was not the benevolent person that I believed he was. He was not the person who was portrayed in the history books we studied when I was in school. Tell me it isn't...
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
15 Mar 16
Do You Live in the Northeastern United States?
Most Americans are aware that Native American tribes lived in the Northeastern part of what would later become the United States, hundreds, in fact, probably thousands of years...
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
4 Jan 16
That's what the history books told us, but more recently, I learned that Christopher Columbus never set foot on the mainland of North OR South America.
Even though he was credited with discovering America, he only got as far as...
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bostonphil
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
10 Oct 11
When I was growing up in Boston, Christopher Columbus day was a big deal. The city celebrated. There was a parade. I believe that it was a holiday for all.
Times have changed. I now live in Austin, Texas. No one celebrates...
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imkong
@imkong (30)
• India
27 Aug 11
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sender621
@sender621 (14889)
• United States
21 Jul 10
Traveling back through the pages of history would be the opportunity of a lifetime. Christopher Columbus discovered the new world in 1492. If you could, would you have been a member of the crew of Christopher Columbus' famous...
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ronnyb
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
28 Feb 09
Many credit Christopher Columbus as one of the greatest explorers of all time .He is responsible for "discovering many of the territories in the Caribbean including Jamaica ,Hispaniola and Cayman”. Now ,I use the term "discover "...
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howard96h
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
12 Oct 08
I would like to wish everyone a Happy Columbus Day. Many people are off from work, if there is a parade where you live are you planning on going to see it or will you catch it on TV? Enjoy the day.
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