Columbus reaches the Caribbean
1492 CE.
Shown on the map at 24.050°, -74.500°.
Landfall in the Bahamas begins sustained contact — and catastrophe for Indigenous America.
1492 CE.
Shown on the map at 24.050°, -74.500°.
Landfall in the Bahamas begins sustained contact — and catastrophe for Indigenous America.
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