Master of Discoveries
Though there was a word that Amerigo Vespucci discovered the whole American continent, now we all know it was Christopher Columbus. His idea originally was to find the way to India going to the west instead of to the east and thus demonstrate that the Earth is round. He didn’t find the way to India, he found way more than that – he found America. Because he was so persuasive and convincing, Spanish catholic Queen Isabella gave him money and all the supplies for all his voyages. He went to America and back to Spain four times from 1492 to 1504 and every time he discovered something new. It must’ve been great to be the man who discovered half of the world!
First voyage from Palos (Spain) to the island originally called Guanahani, named San Salvador when Columbus came and discovery of Haiti, then called La Española
Second voyage from Spain to Jamaica, Puerto Rico and exploration of middle America
Third voyage from Seville to the river Orinoco and Cape Verde
Fourth voyage from Spain to the New world – discovery of Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama