Name: Columbus Sails West
Duration: 176
Description: Columbus unknowingly discovers the New World when he sails west to find a new spice route to Asia.

Columbus unknowingly discovers the New World when he sails west to find a new spice route to Asia.

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Columbus Sails West

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<p>In the 15th century, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East, but in the process they discovered an entirely New World: North and South America, plus many other lands.</p>


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