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On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Trinidad
Largest island of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean. With an…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)