Event anniversary

First arrival of Christopher Columbus to America

Took place on October 12, 1492

534

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The human history of the Americas is thought to begin with people migrating to these areas from Asia during the height of an ice age. These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the people of the "Old World" until the coming of Europeans in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

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