Discovery of the unknown ( Christopher Columbus, the discovery of land). Artist Victor Yushkevich

Friends, I welcome you to the UVN Art channel. I offer you the picture Discovery of the unknown The first expedition of Christopher Columbus (14921493) Composed of 91 people on the vessels Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina left Palos de la Frontera on August 3, 1492, turned west from the Canary Islands (September 9), crossed the Atlantic Ocean into the Subtropical belt and reached the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas, where Christopher Columbus landed on October 12, 1492 (the official date of the discovery of America). On October 1424, Christopher Columbus visited a number of other Bahamas, and on October 28 December 5 discovered and explored a section of the northeastern coast of Cuba. December 6 Columbus got around. Haiti and advancing along the north coast. On the night of December 25, the flagship Santa Maria boarded the reef, but people fled. Columbus on the ship Nina January 416, 1493 completed a survey of the northern coast of Haiti and March 15