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page 115th-century Italian explorers
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.
John Cabot
Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1499)

Bartholomew Columbus
Italian explorer (c. 1461 – 1515)

Niccolò de' Conti
Venetian merchant
Alvise Cadamosto
explorer

Ambrogio Contarini
Venetian noble, merchant and diplomat
Ludovico di Varthema
Italian explorer
Giosafat Barbaro
diplomat, merchant and writer of the Republic of Venice
António de Noli
Italian explorer
Andrea Bianco
Italian sailor and cartographer
Antoniotto Usodimare
Portuguese explorer
Antonio Malfante
Italian trader