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The first Europeans to visit what is …
Years: 1499 - 1499
The first Europeans to visit what is now Colombia are the crew of Alonso de Ojeda, who in 1499 leads an expedition to the north coast of South America.
It reaches Cabo de la Vela, on the Peninsula de La Guajira, but does not tarry, because these visitors are interested in trading for gold and pearls, not in colonization.
Amerigo Vespucci, as a member of Ojeda's expedition, is among the first to explore the Colombian coasts.
Other early expeditions also come to trade, or to seize indigenous people as slaves for sale in the West Indies.
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- Tairona
- Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe)
- Kalinago (Amerind tribe)
- Castillian people
- Muisca (Amerind tribe)
- Castile, Crown of
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Years: 1499 - 1499
Locations
People
Groups
- Tairona
- Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe)
- Kalinago (Amerind tribe)
- Castillian people
- Muisca (Amerind tribe)
- Castile, Crown of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions