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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1493742" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Jan. 9, 1493</p><p>On this day in 1493, Italian explorer <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/christopher-columbus" target="_blank">Christopher Columbus</a>, sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three "mermaids"--in reality manatees--and describes them as "not half as beautiful as they are painted." Six months earlier, Columbus (1451-1506) set off from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, hoping to find a western trade route to Asia. Instead, his voyage, the first of four he would make, led him to the Americas, or "New World."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1493742, member: 1246"] Jan. 9, 1493 On this day in 1493, Italian explorer [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/christopher-columbus']Christopher Columbus[/URL], sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three "mermaids"--in reality manatees--and describes them as "not half as beautiful as they are painted." Six months earlier, Columbus (1451-1506) set off from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, hoping to find a western trade route to Asia. Instead, his voyage, the first of four he would make, led him to the Americas, or "New World." [/QUOTE]
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