

By the same token, Christopher Columbus, having discovered the West Indies, had half solved the riddle of India and which ignited exciting prospects for the discovery of Africa. Christopher Columbus discovered America around 1492, as part of his four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. Photo Courtesy of Trip AdvisorĪmerica and Africa were discovered around the same time, the one by Spain and the other by Portugal.

Dawn of the Portuguese Era View of the Vasco da Gama Pillar in Malindi.
