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| Book cover | Autor | Title | Description |
| Bild | Autor | Leer | Beschreibung |
| Date | Event | Tribe | Chief |
| 3 August 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - Christopher Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera with the three ships 'Santa Maria', 'Nina' and 'Pinta' and headed west. | - | - |
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| Christopher Columbus. Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Kolumbus. | |||
| 6 September 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - After a one-month stay on the Canary Island of Gomera, the three ships sailed further west. | - | - |
| 12 October 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - Columbus discovered the island of Guanahani in the Bahamas. Columbus named the island San Salvador ('Holy Redeemer, Savior') and landed there. | Lucayan Tainos | - |
| November 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - On his further journey, Columbus also discovered Cuba. | - | - |
| November 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - After Cuba, Columbus also discovered Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). On Haiti, Columbus built a fort with the wood from the sunken 'Santa Maria', which he named 'La Navidad'. It is estimated that between 400,000 and 1 million people lived on Hispanola when Columbus arrived. Due to imported diseases and slavery, only a few hundred indigenous people were still living on Hispanola in 1542. | - | - |
| 25 December 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - The ship 'Santa Maria' sank off Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). | - | - |
| January 1493 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - In Haiti, Columbus used the wood from the sunken 'Santa Maria' to build a fort, which he named 'La Navidad'. | - | - |
| 16 January 1493 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - Columbus set off from Haiti on his return journey to Europe. He left 40 men behind at Fort La Navidad. | - | - |
| 4 March 1493 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - Columbus reached Lisbon on the 'Nina'. | - | - |
| 15 March 1493 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1492 - Columbus reaches the port of Palos. | - | - |
| 24 September 1493 | Christopher Columbus Expedition 1493 - Columbus left the port of C?diz (Spain) on September 24, 1493. With 17 ships, he sailed to the Caribbean, from there to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. From Cuba, he returned to the Dominican Republic and from there to Spain. Columbus probably had sheep with him as well as horses and pigs. | - | - |
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| Churro sheep of the Navajo. Source: http://navajosheepproject.com/churrohistory.html | |||
| 1493 | Columbus was received by King Ferdinand II in Barcelona in 1493. | - | - |
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| Statue of Christopher Columbus in Barcelona. Source: Thomet Daniel 2013 | |||