History of the Americas
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The human history of the Americas is thought to begin with people migrating to these areas from Asia during the height of an ice age. These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the
Stemmed fluted "Fishtail" point found in Belize
The Great Kiva of Chetro Ketl at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, World Heritage Site
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, a World Heritage Site
Taos Pueblo, a World Heritage Site, belonging to a Native American tribe of Pueblo people, marking cultural development during the Pre-Columbian era
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions to the Americas in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. These voyages
History of the Americas
…ice age. These groups are generally believed to have been isolated from the people of the "Old World" until the coming of Europeans in 1492 with the voyages of Christopher Columbus. The ancestors of today's American Indigenous peoples were the Paleo-Indians; they were hunter-gatherers who migrated into North America. The most…
Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on the Latin edition of Marco Polo's Le livre des merveilles
Church of Saint George the Martyr in Palos de la Frontera
Archaeological remains of the historic Port of Palos de la Frontera, from where Columbus's first voyage departed
Port of Moguer and shipyards of La Niña