THE IMMIGRANT, released June 18th, 1917

Some sources give the release date as the 17th but it's really the 18th.

This was Chaplin's second to last film for the Mutual Film Corporation. The day before its release, he signed his first million-dollar contract with First National.

There is a very similar scene between Bugs Bunny and Christopher Columbus in the 1951 cartoon Hare We Go.