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Rodrigo de Triana (born 1469 in Lepe, Huelva,
The Diary of Christopher Columbus
ref name="diary"> After spotting the Bahamian island at approximately two o'clock in the morning, he is reported to have shouted "'" (Land! Land!). Columbus claims in his journal that he saw a light "like a little wax candle rising and falling" four hours earlier, "but it was so indistinct that he did not dare to affirm it was land." Rodrigo had spotted a small island in the Lucayas archipelago (known today as the Bahamas), in the Caribbean Sea. The island was named by Christopher Columbus as San Salvador, in honour of Jesus Christ and the salvation that finding land implied after that long journey. After his return to Spain, Triana sailed to Africa.
Rodrigo de Triana (born 1469 in Lepe, Huelva, Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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) was a Spanish sailor, believed to be the first European from the Age of Exploration
The Age of Discovery (or the Age of Exploration), also known as the early modern period, was a period largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, approximately from the 15th century to the 17th century in European history, during which seafaring ...
to have seen the Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
. Born as Juan RodrÃguez Bermejo, Triana was the son of hidalgo and potter Vicente Bermejo and Sereni Betancour.
On October 12, 1492, while on Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
* lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo
* es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón
* pt, Cristóvão Colombo
* ca, Cristòfor (or )
* la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
' ship '' La Pinta'', he sighted a land that was called Guanahani
Guanahanà is an island in the Bahamas that was the first land in the New World sighted and visited by Christopher Columbus' first voyage, on 12 October 1492. It is a bean-shaped island that Columbus changed from its native TaÃno name to San ...
by the natives. "'" â€The Diary of Christopher Columbus
ref name="diary"> After spotting the Bahamian island at approximately two o'clock in the morning, he is reported to have shouted "'" (Land! Land!). Columbus claims in his journal that he saw a light "like a little wax candle rising and falling" four hours earlier, "but it was so indistinct that he did not dare to affirm it was land." Rodrigo had spotted a small island in the Lucayas archipelago (known today as the Bahamas), in the Caribbean Sea. The island was named by Christopher Columbus as San Salvador, in honour of Jesus Christ and the salvation that finding land implied after that long journey. After his return to Spain, Triana sailed to Africa.
NASA
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's Deep Space Climate Observatory
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR; formerly known as Triana, unofficially known as GoreSat) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by S ...
, a satellite originally intended to provide a near-continuous view of the entire Earth, was initially named ''Triana'', after Rodrigo de Triana.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Triana, Rodrigo de Christopher Columbus 1469 births Year of death missing People from the Province of Huelva Spanish explorers of North America 15th-century Castilians