Events with tag - Age Of Discovery

October 12, 1492

Columbus Discovers America

Christopher Columbus's historic voyage in 1492 led to the first sustained European contact with the Americas, when he landed in the Bahamas on October 12 after sailing across the Atlantic with three ships provided by the Spanish Crown.

October 12, 1492

Columbus Reaches America

Christopher Columbus made his historic landfall in the Americas, reaching an island in the Bahamas after a two-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. This momentous event marked the first documented European contact with the New World and initiated centuries of exchange between Europe and the Americas.

September 25, 1513

Discovery of the Pacific Ocean

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, which he named the 'South Sea', after a grueling 25-day expedition across the Isthmus of Panama with 190 Spanish soldiers and 1,000 indigenous porters.