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El libro detalla los hechos anteriores a la salida de Cristobal Colon de Palos de Moguer, el 3 de agosto de 1492, hacia Canarias de donde partio el 6 de septiembre, descubriendo San Salvador el 12 de octubre y otras islas de las Bahamas, llegando a Cuba el 27 y a otra isla que llamaron espanola, el 12 de noviembre donde dejaron un fuerte, regresando a Espana el 4 de enero, donde llegaron el 15 de marzo, creyendo que habian visitado las costas de Asia, Colon dio tres viajes mas descubriendo las Antillas, centro y Sudamerica, pero la informacion de estas tierras no se correspondia con las costas de Asia, hasta que en 1507 se publicaron escritos de Americo Vespucio que las describian como un Nuevo Mundo con el nombre de America. Espana organiza un imperio para colonizar esos territorios y Francia e Inglaterra establecen colonias en America del Norte. Los territorios se convirtieron en paises que, en el siglo XIX, comienzan a luchar por su independencia, siendo Cuba la ultima en 1899.