Tag: Columbus

Podcast

3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on the voyage that takes him to the Americas

3rd August 2022
Tagged as: America, Atlantic, Canary Islands, Columbus, Spain

Palos de la Frontera holds the official title as the starting point of Columbus’ transatlantic voyage.

Podcast

17th April 1492: Christopher Columbus given funding by Spain to explore across the Atlantic

17th April 2022
Tagged as: America, Columbus, Exploration, Spain

On the 17^th April 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand – signed an agreement to support Christopher Columbus’ voyage in which he crossed the Atlantic and discovered the Americas.

Podcast

29th February 1504: Christopher Columbus uses knowledge of a lunar eclipse to secure supplies while stranded on Jamaica

29th February 2020
Tagged as: Astronomy, Caribbean, Columbus, Eclipse, Jamaica, New World

Christopher Columbus used knowledge of a forthcoming lunar eclipse to fool Jamaican natives into providing his stranded crew with provisions.

Tag: Columbus

3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on the voyage that takes him to the Americas

17th April 1492: Christopher Columbus given funding by Spain to explore across the Atlantic

29th February 1504: Christopher Columbus uses knowledge of a lunar eclipse to secure supplies while stranded on Jamaica

Meta

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered outside his New York apartment block by Mark David Chapman

7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

Tag: Columbus

Tags

Meta