1. Christopher Columbus's Life
... , the ships landed on a group of smaller islands to the south of the islands of Cuba to discover and name other beautiful islands. On the island of Guadalupe, the Spaniards found a group of Indians that were ruthless cannibals. A battle took place between Christopher and his men against these Indians in ... crossed the ocean in hopes of discovering new islands in the southwest to search for gold and other precious stones. Columbus then stopped on a new island that contained 3 mountain peaks and named it Trinidad. He also discovered the Orinoco River, Gulf of Paria and the South American c...
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