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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Christopher Columbus Returns

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/sEoi1)
Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere. On this day,10th March in 1496, he set sail from Hispaniola, heading to Spain.

He was carrying 225 Europeans and a large number of natives he had enslaved, but very little gold.

He sailed with a bitter, heavy heart.

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