Christopher Columbus (original name-Cristobel Colon), at the age of forty-one, had set sail from the port of Palos on the southern coast of Spain on August 3, 1492, with three small ships- the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. He was a self-educated man, who, in accordance with the prevalent notions, believed that one could reach the East by sailing West. He was the admiral of that fleet and
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