On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.On May 30, 1498, Christopher Columbus left Sanlúcar, Spain with six ships for his third trip to the New World. ... Columbus sailed to the Portuguese island of Porto Santo, then spent some in Madeira with the Portuguese captain João Gonçalves da Camara. He arrived at Gomera in the Canary Islands on June 19.
Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the national government takes control of all aspects of both public and private life, often led by a charismatic leader and only one party. To control their populations, these governments often employed:
Rule through fear
Censorship of media
Propaganda in media,
government speeches and through education
Criticism of the state is prohibited
Mandatory military sign up
Secret police forces
Controlling reproduction of the population
Targeting of specific religious or political populations
