Profile of Legendary Explorer Christopher Columbus

The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus is famous the world over for discovering the Americas in 1492 quite by accident and thereby changing world history. Christopher Columbus was born in the…

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World Events and Festivals

Leif Ericson Day Marked in the USA

October 9, 2013
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Everyone credits explorer Christopher Columbus with discovering the Americas, but did you know that Leif Ericson was actually the very first European to have discovered North America, a full 500…

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Travel Resources

Columbus Day Celebrated Across The World

October 5, 2012
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Columbus Day falls on 13 October 2014 and marks the date that the explorer and adventurer Christopher Columbus first landed in the western world in the year 1492. Celebrating Christopher…

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