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Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in order to find a shorter route to Asia. In terms of accomplishing this goal, he was one of the biggest failures in history. However, he was very successful in terms of opening up a new world to Europe. His "discovery" of the new world led to new goods being introduced from the Americas to Europe and vise versa.
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in order to find a shorter route to Asia. In terms of accomplishing this goal, he was one of the biggest failures in history. However, he was very successful in terms of opening up a new world to Europe. His "discovery" of the new world led to new goods being introduced from the Americas to Europe and vise versa. Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in order to find a shorter route to Asia. In terms of accomplishing this goal, he was one of the biggest failures in history. However, he was very successful in terms of opening up a new world to Europe. His "discovery" of the new world led to new goods being introduced from the Americas to Europe and vise versa. Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in order to find a shorter route to Asia. In terms of accomplishing this goal, he was one of the biggest failures in history. However, he was very successful in terms of opening up a new world to Europe. His "discovery" of the new world led to new goods being introduced from the Americas to Europe and vise versa. Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in order to find a shorter route to Asia. In terms of accomplishing this goal, he was one of the biggest failures in history. However, he was very successful in terms of opening up a new world to Europe. His "discovery" of the new world led to new goods being introduced from

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