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Christopher Columbus

Also known as Cristoforo Colombo, Columbus, Cristóbal Colón, Cristobal Colon, Christofer Columbus, Don Cristobál Colón, 'Christopher Columbus', Cristoffer 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.

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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean four times for Spain, making the first documented European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America in the late 15th century. His voyages are historically significant because they initiated widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas, fundamentally reshaping the course of world history.

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Nationality: IT, ES, XX
Role / Field: Explorer, Vice rois, Militaires, Marins, Gouverneurs, Navigation
Language: spa, lat, ita
Gender: Male

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Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) 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.

The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Growing up on the coast of Liguria, he went to sea at a young age and traveled widely, as far north as the British Isles and as far south as what is now Ghana. He married Portuguese noblewoman Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, who bore a son, Diego, and was based in Lisbon for several years. He later took a Castilian mistress, Beatriz Enríquez de Arana, who bore a son, Ferdinand.