(I meant to post this a couple of days ago as an 'On this day')
On October 12th, 1492 Rodrigo de Triana, a crewman on the Pinta sighted "land" - a few weeks early;
That must have been an amazing couple of decades - similar in some ways to those of modern times in which advances are made at a rate which must startle previous generations.
I was surprised to discover the size of the Pinta - see
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/History/Exploration/Christopher-Columbus/Christopher-Columbus-57.html
and other Google images. It is much smaller than I thought it would have been.
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