The Age of Exploration: Chapter 3, Exercise 1 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== FIRST (1492-1493): departed 3 August 1492; landfall 12 October at San Salvador (Guanahani). SECOND (1493-1496): a fleet of 17 ships; La Isabela settlement. THIRD (1498-1500): Columbus arrested by Bobadilla and returned to Spain in chains. FOURTH (1502-1504): explored the coasts of Central America. NOT EXPLAINED ABOUT THE THIRD Why he was arrested; the source does not say.