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Christopher Columbus Cloze Reading
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across believed continent crew important journey months shortcut sighted Spain
Christopher Columbus was one of the most
explorers of all time. In 1492, Columbus and his
set sail from
and headed west
the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus
that by sailing west, he could find a
to China. On October 12, after a
that lasted over three
, Columbus and his crew
land. Columbus thought he had found the shortcut. What he had really found was a new
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