Events with tag - Sailing

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.

June 24, 1497

John Cabot Discovers North America

Italian-born explorer John Cabot became the first European since the Vikings to reach mainland North America in 1497, sailing under English sponsorship. His landing at Newfoundland established England's first territorial claims in the New World and laid the foundation for British colonial expansion.