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How Did Columbus Sailing To The Americas Affect The World

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Columbus sailing to the Americas impacted the world massively. He set sail August 3, 1492. With three ships The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. On October 12, 1492 landed was spotted. Columbus brought back gold and signs of new land. The first way it impacted was, it changed the way people viewed the world. People thought that the world was flat and if you sailed out to far you would fall off the world. They also thought that sea monsters lived out in the ocean, and that they would sink your ship. So when Columbus came back and hadn't been eaten or fallen off the world people began to realize that maybe there was still more to explore.

Because word spread quickly that Spain had found new land other countries began to send ships over so they
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