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=﻿The Colossal Life of Christopher Columbus =  media type="custom" key="7599633" align="center"

== In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but did you know others had already landed in the Americas long before Columbus embarked on his historic voyage???? Perhaps the previous visitors realized they were just that, "//visitors"// of the land and thenative people. Yet Christopher Columbus felt "finders keepers" was a more fitting choice for he and his men were carrying weapons in search of riches to claim for Spain. == ==Here is a map outlining Christopher Columbus's journey as he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Hispanola which is now known as the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Click on "Larger View of the Map" in the bottom left corner of the map to get a closer look. == ==media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108341635779491220758.000495862e8c13e6dca76&doflg=ptk&ll=29.312927,-37.001953&spn=22.000232,66.972656&output=embed" width="425" height="350" == == Did you know that Christopher Columbus thought he landed in the East Indies? This is why he called the native people he encountered "Indians". Even after people realized the mistake Columbus made the name is still used when referring to Native Americans. ==