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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.
Go-Nara
emperor of Japan
Marino Sanuto the Younger
Italian historian (1466-1536)
Choe Bu
Korean official (1454-1504)
Konoe Nobutada
Japanese calligrapher (1565-1614)
Pierre de L'Estoile
French diarist and writer (1546–1611)

Gerrit de Veer
Dutch naval officer
Thomas Platter the Younger
Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628)

Erich Lassota von Steblau
German diplomat
Gilles de Gouberville
French writer
Matsudaira Ietada
Japanese samurai (1555–1600)

Hermann von Weinsberg
German writer (1518–1597)

Luca Landucci
Italian apothecary and diarist (1436–1516)