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WHEN YOU SAILED OUR WAY
Columbus,Columbus,sailed across the sea,
And found a very special land
That belongs to you & me.
Columbus,Columbus,we celebrate your day,
In fourteen hundred & ninety-two
When you sailed our way.
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian neighbors,
Happy Columbus Day to my neighbors in Mexico.
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Day's Til Columbus day, 2009 |
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Introduction
Christopher Columbus had one ambition-to reach the
East and its fabled wealth by sailing West. There
were some who thought him crazy to believe the world
was round. They thought it impossible to sail "around"
a flat earth. But thinking people of Columbus' day,
and even earlier, knew that the world was round.
Curiousity combined with persistence finally brought
Columbus the answer to his dreams. The Queen of Spain,
Isabella, supplied him with money, and on August 3,
1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three
ships, The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
On October 12, 1492, Columbus sighted by moonlight what
he thought was an island of the Indies near Japan or
China. The island, which Columbus called San Salvadore,
was actually a tiny part of an unknown world.
Columbus made several trips back and forth across the broad
reaches of the Atlantic in a continued effort to locate
lands that might be Asia or Japan. Despite his great
discoveries, Columbus died a disappointed man because he had
failed to bring back to Spain the treasures of the East.
Index
 Columbus Day Crafts
Columbus Day Recipes
Columbus Day History & Poems
Columbus Day Print & Color
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