1. What islands and lands did Columbus discover? 2. What can you tell us about Columbus's personality? Confirm your statements with the facts. 3. One historian wrote of the discovery of America: "The Great a mistake led to a great discovery." How can you understand these words? 4. What do you think Columbus's feat was? 5. Why do you think, after the voyages of the Normans (inhabitants of Scandinavia) to America for about 1000, the path to it was soon forgotten, and after the discovery of America by Columbus, the incessant travels and connections of Europe with America were not interrupted?