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Upon Columbus's return, most people initially accepted that he had reached the East Indies, including the sovereigns and Pope Alexander VI, [58] though in a letter to the Vatican dated 1 November 1493, the historian Peter Martyr described Columbus as the discoverer of a Novi Orbis ("New Globe"). [75]
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.
July 28 – Italy – Monteforte Irpino bus crash. A tour bus returning from a pilgrimage went off the highway into a ravine, killing 39 and injuring 19. [141] August 21 – Malaysia – Genting Highlands bus crash. A bus carrying 53 passengers crashed into a ravine, killing 37 and injuring 16 in the deadliest road accident in Malaysia. [142]
Machakos bus crash [152] Machakos, Kenya 94 8 June 1999 Karnataka bus crash [153] Karnataka, India 90 15 November 1976 Mafeteng bus crash: Mafeteng, Lesotho 90 29 June 1980 Kashmir bus crash [144] Kashmir, India 90 24 June 2004 Zahedan bus crash [154] Zahedan, Iran 90+ 14 December 2021 Cap-Haïtien tanker explosion [155] Cap-Haïtien, Haiti 81 ...
June 15 – Austria – A tour bus carrying pensioners suffered a brake failure and went over an embankment into a ravine near Villach, killing 21 and injuring 23 in Austria's worst bus disaster. [60] December 12 - Canada - A Go Transit train strikes a bus on a level crossing in Toronto killing 10 and injuring a further 20. [61]
Three teenage students in a coach bus heading to a band performance and two parent chaperones and a teacher in an SUV were killed Tuesday morning in a fiery, five-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 in ...
The observation is enhanced with the feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar), the so-called Mother of Hispanidad, [97] and of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura (Santa María de Guadalupe) (appointed Queen of Hispanicity in 1928 by the Vatican) from Guadalupe, Caceres, whose Monastery was the venue in June 1492 for the ...