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They landed on the morning of October 12. Columbus called this island San Salvador; its indigenous name was Guanahani. [52] The modern San Salvador Island [j] in the Bahamas is considered to be the most likely candidate for this island. [43] [k] Columbus wrote of the natives he first encountered in his journal entry of 12 October 1492:
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.
Bustimes.org is a transportation information website created to take advantage of Bus Services Act 2017 requirement for bus operators in England to provide bus timetables, fares and vehicle locations in an open data format, which can be utilised by app and website developers. [2] This DfT service is called the Bus Open Data Service.
State Route 111 Business (SR 111 Bus.) is a business route of SR 111 in Palm Springs. It follows the original routing of SR 111 through Palm Springs. The route is almost unsigned. There are only two business route signs on the southern and northern termini. [26] [27] The sign at the southern terminus of SR 111 Bus.
All route destination names are based on the official TransLink bus schedules. All routes are operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company except: Routes 214 (off-peak only), 215, 227, 250–256 and 262 (operated by West Vancouver Blue Bus) [1] Routes 280–282, 370, 372, and 560–564 (operated by First Transit) This list is effective as of the ...
In 1991, New York City was the first to be offered the statue. Tseretali proposed erecting the statue on Roosevelt Island.However, this plan was met with concerns of its size, as it would visually dwarf the Statue of Liberty, yet be dwarfed itself by skyscrapers of the city's skyline that sat near Roosevelt Island. [4]
The Metrobus is the massive bus transportation system that operates in the districts of Panama, San Miguelito and Colón. The system began operations on December 28, 2010, replacing the "diablo rojo" bus system (used school buses from the United States) that existed for several decades. It travels the main roads of Panama City (Vía España ...