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Christopher Columbus's journal (Diario) is a diary and logbook written by Christopher Columbus about his first voyage. The journal covers events from 3 August 1492, when Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera , to 15 March 1493 and includes a prologue addressing the sovereigns . [ 1 ]
The Hollywood Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 2003.It is a 38 acres (15 ha) property with four contributing buildings, including its main house, which is a Colonial Revival-style mansion built in 1928.
The Dewey City Historic District is a 110 acres (45 ha) historic district in Thomasville, Georgia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1] It is an intact historically African-American neighborhood. [2] It then included 110 contributing buildings, a structure, and a contributing site. [1]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Illustrative woodcut from the Latin edition of Columbus's letter printed in Basel in 1494. [1]A letter written by Christopher Columbus on February 15, 1493, is the first known document announcing the completion of his first voyage across the Atlantic, which set out in 1492 and reached the Americas.
Upon first landing in the West, Columbus pondered enslaving the natives, [l] and upon his return broadcast the perceived willingness of the natives to convert to Christianity. [71] Columbus's second voyage saw the first major skirmish between Europeans and Native Americans for five centuries, when the Vikings had come to the Americas. [34]
Thomas County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 23, 1825, from portions of Decatur and Irwin Counties. [3] Colquitt (1856), Brooks (1858), and Grady (1905) Counties all were formed partially from lands within Thomas County's original borders.
The plantation was established in the 1820s, when Thomas Jefferson Johnson built the first house. [2] [3] After his death, the plantation was inherited by his daughter, Julia Ann, and her husband, John H. Mitchell. [2]