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                                                                                                               LEGEND
                                                                                                       3rd Voyage (1498 - 1500)
                                                                                                   Columbus left the port of Sanlucar
                                                                                                   in southern Spain on May 30, 1498
                                                                                                   with six ships. Leaving the Canary
                                                                                                   Islands on June 19, the fleet split
                                                                                                   into two squadrons: three ships to
                                                                                                   sail directly for Hispaniola with
                                                                  Lisbon  SPAIN                    supplies for the colonists, and the
                                                                                                   other three to explore further
                                                                     Canary                        south.
                                                                     Islands
                                               Santo Domingo
                                                                                                          Calicut

                                                                                      Mombasa

                                                                                             Mozambique
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