when did christopher columbus sail the ocean blue

Christopher Columbus “sailed the ocean blue” in 1492, a date remembered from the rhyme “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”

More precisely, he left from Palos de la Frontera in southern Spain on his first Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492, commanding three ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. This voyage led to his landfall in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, which is the event people usually associate with that famous line.

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