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Tercer viaje de Colón

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Costa Noroeste, Cádiz

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Historical milestone · Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Costa Noroeste, Cádiz

Image of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, not of the place itself.

A transoceanic expedition commanded by Christopher Columbus that set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 30 May 1498, with eight ships and a crew of 226 people, and which concluded with his arrival in Cádiz on 25 November 1500. Its purpose was to continue the exploration of the new lands on behalf of the Catholic Monarchs, and on it Columbus visited for the first time the northern coast of present-day Venezuela, reaching mainland after his first two voyages, which had focused on the islands of the Caribbean. From Sanlúcar, the fleet sailed south, avoiding a French fleet near Cape San Vicente, made a stopover in Madeira and La Gomera, and there it split up: six ships went to Hispaniola and Columbus continued with the remaining three, intending to reach mainland beyond the islands already known.

1498

Photo: Mihael Grmek (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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