คริสโตเฟอร์ โคลัมบัส
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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- Relaciones y cartas de Cristóbal Colón
- La storia della inventione delle nuove insule di Channaria indiane
- Journal of Christopher Columbus
- Homes and gardens of the Pacific Coast ...
- Writings of Christopher Columbus
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- IT, ES, XX
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- Explorer, Vice rois, Militaires, Marins, Gouverneurs, Navigation
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- spa, lat, ita
- Gender
- Male
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1451 births1490s in the Caribbean1492 in North America1506 deaths15th-century apocalypticists15th-century Genoese people15th-century Italian explorers15th-century Roman Catholics16th-century diarists16th-century Genoese peopleBurials at Seville CathedralChristopher ColumbusColonial governors of Santo Domingo