When we think of Christopher Columbus we think of his great voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. He may not have been the first to “discover” America, but he certainly brought great attributes to the knowledge of the new continent. He did not discover the entire continent in a single voyage; the same goes for other countries that have made journeys or migrations to the pristine continent. Not only did it take him time to cross the ocean and reach his discoveries, but it also took a lot of money and many powerful people to support his exploration. Columbus was not the first to discover America, there were many others. journeys made by other countries to the new continent, which contained so much of the unknown. Almost every other country has made at least one trip to the new world to find out what it was hiding. Nearly 12,000-42,000 years ago, Asians found the Bering Strait and crossed into North America. Then the Vikings made a short journey around the year 1000 and established a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Columbus also undertook numerous voyages between 1492 and 1500 to discover different parts of the continent (Bartosik-Velez 3). The first European power to take an interest in the journey was Portugal. They wanted to pursue the idea of ​​new trade routes abroad. It took until the 15th century for Spain to engage in the search for trade routes. In 1485 King John II of Portugal said he would provide Columbus with three ships and a single year to sail westward into the Atlantic Ocean. This was not enough for Columbus who asked to be considered the "Great Admiral of the Ocean Sea". This stated that he was the ruler of all the land he would discover. He also wanted a...half of the paper...a story. He discovered America and made it known on the map, along the way finding trade routes and many things he discovered to trade. If Columbus took four different voyages to discover different parts of the earth and gave these things names.Works CitedBartosik-Vélez, Elise. "Globalization and Christopher Columbus in the Americas". Clcweb: Comparative Literature and Culture: A Wwweb Journal 8.4 (2006): 1-10. Comprehensive humanities international. Network. February 20, 2014.Young, Filson and Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Dunraven. Christopher Columbus and the New World of his discovery. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1906. Winsor, Justin. Christopher Columbus and how he received and imparted the spirit of discovery. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Zinn, Howard (2009). A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present. New York, New York: Harper Collins. P. 3.