His first voyage the modest expedition considered of the Santa Maria the ship was about 100 ft. With two other small ships. The fleet sailed from Palos Spain on August 3 1492, carrying about 90 men. 3 days out the mast was damaged forcing them to have to stop. Before dawn on October 12 1492 that same year land was seen on an early morning. Islands in the Bahamas before an audience came Columbus claimed it by right of conquest. In December the Santa Maria was wrecked from the Coast of Espanola La Navidad. The Nina which is a boat with Columbus in command started their journey home in January 1493. …show more content…
Landings were made on the islands of Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Antigua. His stop at Puerto Rico is the closest he came to setting foot on land that would later form part of the U.S. This is one sense in which he has been said to have “discovered America.” However, the existence of America was, of course, already known to Native Americans, and even among Europeans, Columbus was preceded on the American continent, if not, perhaps, on part of what was to become the United States, by Viking