Issue 397 of New Internationalist

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January-February 2007

State of the World's OCEAN

Oceans

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  • Columbus, on his fourth and final voyage, landed on the American mainland for the first time near present-day Trujillo, Honduras. The day was 14 August 1502, and he named the place Honduras (‘depths’ in Spanish) for the deep waters off the north coast.