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After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.
Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus
Died: 1506
Died: May 19
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Cristoforo Colombo
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Cristóbal Colón
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