Outline Thesis statement: Christopher Columbus made a great change in history because he found the “New World” which later became known as the Americas. I. Christopher Columbus made four important voyages to the Americas. A. October 12, 1492 1. Landed ships in Guananhani, an island in the Bahamas. 2. Claimed land naming it San Salvador. 3. Landed in Cuba and Espanola, which were mistakenly believed to be in Asian waters. B. September of 1493 1. Landed on the island of Dominica, Guadeloupe, …showed first 75 words of 375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 375 total…unaware of his discovery of the Americas. a. German geographer, Martin Waldseemuller, accepted the claim of Amerigo Vespucci that he had landed on the American mainland before Columbus. b. 1507, Waldseemuller published a book in which he named the new land “America”. 2. Died in neglect at Vallodolid in Spain but was buried in Seville. 3. Died on May 20 without anybody realizing his great discovery and what that discovery lead to. a. Trade b. Expansion c. Economic value