This question refers to the first voyage of Christopher Columbus when he "discovered" America. The voyage was funded by the Spanish crown in a quest for a western route to India. Columbus and his crew left Spain on August 3, 1492, from Palos de la Frontera in Spain. After a stop for repairs and supplies in the Canary Islands, the crew set voyage for the long trek across the Atlantic Ocean. A sailor by the name of Rodrigo de Triana spotted land in the early morning hours of October 12, 1492. The land he spotted was in the Bahamas. The indigenous people called the land Guanahani. From start to finish, the voyage took sixty-seven days or nine weeks and four days. Columbus would arrive back in Spain on March 15, 1493, making the round trip voyage total 221 days.
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