We celebrate the 500th anniversary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus. an Italian navigator who commanded the first expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean. His discoveries In the West Indies were followed by rapid. widespread. and permanent settlement. It may be said that he truly discovered "America." ItalianAmericans can take pride in the fact that not only did a son of Italy discover the continent on which we live but that this Nation was built. has grown and prospered with the sweat and labor and industry of millions of Italian Immigrants. Columbus Imagined a route of western discovery that In later years he always called the "Enterprise of the Indies." He planned to reach Asia by sailing west. Because the Earth was known to be round and because there was no suspicion of an Intervening continent. the practical possibility depended on winds. on currents. and above all on distance.
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