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In 1499, Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci participated in a voyage to the western world with Columbus's associates Alonso de Ojeda and Juan de la Cosa. [178] Columbus referred to the West Indies as the Indias Occidentales ('West Indies') in his 1502 Book of Privileges, calling them "unknown to all the world". He gathered information later that ...
The game was conceptualised at Data Becker in 1998 and developed in less than 23 months. [5] In Germany, the game was released in late December 2000; [5] a release in North America followed on 15 January 2001. [1] The game was released for Microsoft Windows, specifically supporting the Windows 95, 98, 2000 and Me versions. [6]
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
The fourth voyage of Columbus was a Spanish maritime expedition in 1502–1504 to the western Caribbean Sea led by Christopher Columbus.The voyage, Columbus's last, failed to find a western maritime route to the Far East, returned relatively little profit, and resulted in the loss of many crew men, all the fleet's ships, and a year-long marooning in Jamaica.
Video games about the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War. Pages in category "Video games about the American Revolution" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Columbus appears as a supporting character in the video game Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, voiced by Roger L. Jackson. The main protagonist, Ezio Auditore , must help Columbus launch his expedition which led to the discovery of the Americas, and protect him from the Templar Order , who are trying to prevent the voyage so that they will be the ...
A map may prove that Marco Polo discovered America more than two centuries before Christopher Columbus. A sheepskin map, believed to be a copy of the 13th century Italian explorer's, may indicate ...
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in Europe, South America, and Australia, and on February 22, 2014, in Japan.