This is what I call Columbus Day.
Columbus did find a spice route
and discovered an island off Dominica
in which he named Espanola.
He tried to establish a colony in which he failed to do.
He was a brilliant sailor, but a weak administrator.
He first set sail in 1492 with the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina.
He set sail again in 1493,
which he crashed the Santa Maria off Cuba
and returned to Spain on the Nina.
Then 1498 in which he came back in chains.
Because of his failed colony and warring with the natives.
His final voyage was in 1502.
He never did really establish what he wanted
nor find the gold he was looking for.
He never found China or the Americas,
though he was close to the Americas.
A Viking actually discovered America.
Columbus died a lowly man.
and returned to Spain on the Nina.
Then 1498 in which he came back in chains.
Because of his failed colony and warring with the natives.
His final voyage was in 1502.
He never did really establish what he wanted
nor find the gold he was looking for.
He never found China or the Americas,
though he was close to the Americas.
A Viking actually discovered America.
Columbus died a lowly man.
PS Columbus did not sail around the world either.
Ferdinand Magellan sailed around the world.
Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippine Islands.
That is why we should call Columbus Day; Explorers Day.
For the Viking, for Magellan, and for Columbus.
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