By Tim McNeese
Columbus left Spain in 1492 pondering he might succeed in China by way of crusing west around the Atlantic Ocean. while he reached land after 5 weeks, he inspiration he had came across a brand new path to the East Indies. It was once now not until eventually a lot later that folks realised he had in its place discovered the recent international. a long time 12+
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