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Columbus Reaches the Americas

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ASTROLABE
Columbus's crew used the astrolabe to measure the angle of the sun or stars above the horizon, giving them a rough fix on their latitude far from any coastline.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BAHAMAS
On October 12, 1492, Columbus stepped ashore on an island the local Taíno people called Guanahani, an island in what we now call the Bahamas.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
NINA
The Niña, whose full name was Santa Clara, was the smallest of the three ships and reportedly Columbus's favorite, he sailed her again on a second Atlantic crossing.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PINTA
The Pinta's lookout, Rodrigo de Triana, is traditionally credited as the first crew member to sight land in the early hours of October 12, 1492.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Columbus Reaches the Americas

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew made landfall in the Bahamas after more than two months at sea, the first Europeans of the Age of Sail to reach the Americas. They had crossed the Atlantic aboard three vessels: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María, navigating by compass, astrolabe, and the stars overhead. That morning rewrote the map of the known world, opening an era of contact between continents that neither side had known the other to be.

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