In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Celebrating Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas (the New World).
In 1492 Columbus left Spain with three ships – the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria – looking to find an alternative route to India. After sighting land, his fleet eventually landed on what is now know as the Bahamas.
Observed as a national holiday in the US and by Italian-Americans as a celebration of their culture and heritage.
The discovery of the Americas is also celebrated in different countries. Known as Dia de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many Latin American countries, as Dia de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, Dia de la Hispanidad in Spain, and Dia de la Resistencia Indigena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela.*
*source: wikipedia – Columbus Day