* In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in The Bahamas.

* In 1984, five Argentines sail in a 10-meter-long raft made from tree trunks named Atlantis from Canary Islands and after 52 days journey arrived to Venezuela in an attempt to prove travelers from Africa may have crossed the Atlantic before Christopher Columbus.

* 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

* 1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.

* 1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

* 1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

Christopher Columbus, as a hero and symbol, is an important figure in the pantheon of American myth.

The first European sighting of the Virgin Islands was by Christopher Columbus in 1493 on his second voyage to the Americas.

Most of the kinds commonly eaten fresh or dried, those of the genus Phaseolus, come originally from the Americas, being first seen by a European when Christopher Columbus, during his exploration, of what may have been the Bahamas, found them growing in fields.

Christopher Columbus sighted the Cayman Islands on May 10, 1503 and named them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles seen swimming in the surrounding waters.

The colonial period began when Christopher Columbus reached the eastern coast of Costa Rica on his fourth voyage in 1502.

The known history of Cuba predates Christopher Columbus ' landing on the island during his first voyage of discovery on 28 October 1492.

Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage to the Americas, sailed south from what is now the Bahamas to explore the northeast coast of Cuba and the northern coast of Hispaniola.

Christopher Columbus ( Italian: Cristoforo Colombo ; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón ; before 31 October 145120 May 1506 ) was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.

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Often starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and drawing on Universal's precedent, these films include The Curse of Frankenstein ( 1957 ), and Dracula ( 1958 ), both followed by many sequels, with director Terence Fisher being responsible for many of the best films.

This was followed in 1813 by the Puffing Billy built by Christopher Blackett and William Hedley for the Wylam Colliery Railway, the first successful locomotive running by adhesion only.

This is followed up by Rafael Perestrello, a cousin of Christopher Columbus, who commands an expedition from Portuguese Malacca in 1516 to land on the shores of mainland southern China, in order to trade with Chinese merchants at Guangzhou.

Caption: " On August 25, 1543, these foreigners were cast upon the island of Tanegashima, Okuma Province ", followed by the two names Murashukusha ( unknown ) and Kirishimota ( António da Mota, also known as Christopher da Mota ).

His first movie appearance was in Chappaqua in 1966, which was followed by several films including Christopher Speeth's and Werner Liepolt's Malatesta's Carnival of Blood, Crazy Joe, Oliver Stone's first film, Seizure, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, and The Forbidden Zone.

At the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in September 1951 she played Martina in Christopher Fry's Thor With Angels, followed in January 1952 by Hero in John Gielgud's triumphant production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Phoenix Theatre.

John Denham and then Christopher Wren followed him as King's Surveyor of Works.

Two additional stained-glass windows followed by Christopher Webb in 1945 and Francis Skeat in 1950.

John and Faith were married in 1921 ; John Junior was their first-born son in 1922, followed by David, Christopher and Hugh.

One trust they manipulated was with Christopher Dunn Co. She followed that work with The History of The Standard Oil Company: the Oil War of 1872, which appeared in McClure's Magazine in 1908.

Hitchens's mother, having argued that " if there is going to be an upper class in this country, then Christopher is going to be in it ", sent him off to Mount House School in Tavistock in Devon at the age of eight, followed by the independent Leys School in Cambridge, and then at Balliol College in Oxford, where he was tutored by Steven Lukes and read philosophy, politics, and economics.

It here consisted of two separate tracks, the Upper Icknield Way and the Lower Icknield Way, supposedly for winter and summer use respectively, though Christopher Taylor suggests that the upper route follows the prehistoric track, while the lower route was a Roman road which followed the same general line but on flat land more suitable for Roman methods of road construction.

He then had a special guest appearance in the popular HBO TV series Tales from the Crypt-episode What's Cookin ( 1992 )-with Christopher Reeve and Meat Loaf, followed by a starring role with Richard Jordan in the thriller Primary Motive ( 1992 ), and a similar role in Entangled ( 1993 ) opposite Pierce Brosnan, which was set in Paris.

Goldstar ( David Langton ) is the first killed, followed by Deuca ( Nina Van Pallandt ), until the only two players left are St. Christopher and Ambrosia.

* 1667 – Christopher Merrett publishes the first fauna of Great Britain, followed two years later by that of Walter Charleton.

Each of the Tales is followed by notes and a detailed commentary by Christopher Tolkien.

Less successful plays followed, including The Butterflies, The Bauble Shop, Christopher, Jr., The Imprudent Young Couple and The Squire of Dames.

The production was short-lived but was followed by the 1974 original London production of The Good Companions, alongside John Mills, Judi Dench and Christopher Gable in which she played Susie Dean, a member of a touring concert party.

The first such group was established at the University of York followed by another founded at the University of Exeter by John Gill, the grandson of Christopher Gill, the Association's President.

As a young child she was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency, and at the age of six she was cast as Opal on Pee-wee's Playhouse which was quickly followed by film appearances in Heartburn written by Nora Ephron, directed by Mike Nichols ; A Man Called Sarge ; and Dennis the Menace with Walter Matthau and Christopher Lloyd.

J. Anthony Lukas was born to Elizabeth and Edwin Lukas in White Plains, New York, followed by a younger brother in 1935, Christopher Lukas.

Virtually every issue would open with a Kirby monster story ( generally inked by Christopher Rule initially, then later Dick Ayers ), followed by one or two twist-ending thrillers or sci-fi tales drawn by Don Heck, Paul Reinman, or Joe Sinnott, with the whole thing capped by an often-surreal, sometimes self-reflexive Stan Lee-Steve Ditko short.

* Vignaud, H. ( 1902 ) Toscanelli and Columbus: The letter and chart of Toscanelli on the route to the Indies by way of the west, sent in 1474 to the Portuguese, Ferman Martins, and later on to Christopher Columbus ; a critical study on the authenticity and value of these documents and the sources of the cosmographical ideas of Columbus, followed by the various texts of the letter.

Originally hosted by Christopher Lydon ( 1994 – 2001 ), and ( after a series of short-term fill-in hosts ) followed by Canadian Dick Gordon ( 2001 – 2005 ), it was syndicated to as many as 66 public radio stations in the United States.