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One attendee, George C. Tilyou, later credited the sights he saw on the Chicago midway for inspiring him to create America's first major amusement park, Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. The fair included life-size reproductions of Christopher Columbus' three ships, the Niña (real name Santa Clara), the Pinta, and the Santa María ...
At the time of Columbus's voyages, the Americas were inhabited by Indigenous Americans, and Columbus later participated in the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Columbus died in 1506, and the next year, the New World was named "America" after Amerigo Vespucci , who realized that it was a unique landmass.
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.
On this day in 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. The Italian explorer first found a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached East Asia.
Commemorating Christopher Columbus' landing in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492, the office of Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei posted on social media on Saturday that the Italian ...
Hundreds of American live-action films are in the public domain because they were never copyrighted or because their copyrights have since expired. These films may be viewed online at websites such as the Internet Archive [22] and can also be downloaded from various websites. [23] Notable examples of such public-domain films include: Charade (1963)
More recently, the day, which became a federal holiday in 1937, has become known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, to recognise the civilisations that were in America long before Columbus’ arrival.
Columbus Bust in Bronx (1925) located at D'Auria-Murphy Triange, Bronx; Columbus decoration in station (1904) located at 59th Street-Columbus Circle (IRT West Side) Hello Columbus! mural (1992) located at 8th Avenue (59th Street-Columbus Circle) Christopher Columbus Statue (1867) located at Columbus Park, Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn; Newburgh