August 3, 1492
The Morning Palos Disappeared
Columbus departs Palos on his first transatlantic voyage on August 3, 1492
At eight in the morning on August 3, 1492, three aging ships slipped from Palos with a promise of Asia, a royal wager, and roughly ninety men who could not know how far the world was about to widen. The voyage’s drama lies not only in the landfall on October 12, but in the repairs, strange currents, mutiny threat, and fatal misunderstanding that began when the Spanish shore vanished.
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