Castello Banfi Home Page Wine & Food Recipe Archive Seasonal Menus Culinary History Our Wines Ratings & Reviews Visit The Estate About Montalcino What's New Site Index HIS VOYAGES AND DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD THE FIRST VOYAGE Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera on 3 August, 1492. His flagship, the Santa Maria had 52 men aboard while his other two ships, the Nina and Pinta each held 18 men. The expedition made a stop at th ...

The European Voyages of Exploration CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE SPANISH EMPIRE Prior to 1492 and Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas, Spain's only possession of any consequence outside Europe were the Canary Islands. By the mid-sixteenth century, however, Spain would control much of the Caribbean, large portions of the Americas and parts of Africa. This rapid acquisition of overseas possessions was accompanied and aided by the establishment and consolidation of hegemony in Eu ...

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Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal This document is the from the journal of Columbus in his voyage of 1492. The meaning of this voyage is highly contested. On the one hand, it is witness to the tremendous vitality and verve of late medieval and early modern Europe - which was on the verge of acquiring a world hegemony. On the other hand, the direct result of this and later voyage ...

16 January 1493 (Atlantic slave trade) Tamara BAILEY (tdb@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu) Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:07:07 CDT Articles sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next article: Indi~Nambi: "RE: NEWS: Texaco Poisoning Ecuadorans" Previous article: Roberta Astroff: "Re: Clayton Lonetree" [ This article was also relayed to NAT-1492, so you may receive two copies. --Gary ] Hugh Danforth Wisconsin 1992 Alliance 2120 University Ave., Apt. 324 Madison, WI 53705 608-233-444 ...

June/July Featured Article: Principled Immigration Mary Ann Glendon May Featured Article: Suing the Church Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. SUBSCRIBE “ROFTERS” Discussion groups led by readers of FIRST THINGS RSS The Crimes of Christopher Columbus Dinesh D'Souza Copyright (c) 1995 First Things 57 (November 1995): 26-33. Multiculturalism is presented by its advocates in the schools and universities as a benign alternative ...