Activists have advocated replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day on the grounds that celebrating Christopher Columbus can endorse colonialism and violence against Indigenous peoples, and activists have sought removal of Columbus statues, with some statues toppled during widespread protests in 2020.
January 01, 2020
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Summary of advocacy and statue-removal efforts related to Columbus Day.
Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in areas of the Caribbean; the expedition's ships are commonly named the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.
January 01, 1492
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Basic historical summary of Columbus's 1492 voyage and ship names.
In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to what is now the Bahamas believing he had reached Asia; he subsequently made three additional voyages to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean and did not reach what is now the United States.
January 01, 1492
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Summary of Columbus's voyages and their geographic scope.
Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451.
January 01, 1451
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Biographical detail about the explorer Christopher Columbus.