“I discovered many islands inhabited by numerous people.
The Latin printing of this letter announced the existence of the American continent throughout Europe. The copy shown here is the second, corrected edition of the pamphlet. Plannck mistakenly left Queen Isabella’s name out of the pamphlet’s introduction but quickly realized his error and reprinted the pamphlet a few days later. The letter was written in Spanish and sent to Rome, where it was printed in Latin by Stephan Plannck. When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who had helped finance his trip. Columbus brought back small amounts of gold as well as native birds and plants to show the richness of the continent he believed to be Asia. He also kidnapped several Native Americans (between ten and twenty-five) to take back to Spain-only eight survived. He left thirty-nine men to build a settlement called La Navidad in present-day Haiti.
On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador the natives called it Guanahani.įor nearly five months, Columbus explored the Caribbean, particularly the islands of Juana (Cuba) and Hispaniola (Santo Domingo), before returning to Spain. On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia.
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