Samuel t cohen biography of christopher columbus
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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The four voyages of Columbus (conjectural) | |
| Date | , , & |
|---|---|
| Location | Americas |
| Participants | Christopher Columbus and Castilian crew (among others) |
| Outcome | European discovery and colonization of the Americas |
Between and , the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus[a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World. This breakthrough inaugurated the period known as the Age of Discovery, which saw the colonization of the Americas, a related biological exchange, and trans-Atlantic trade. These events, the effects and consequences of which persist to the present, are often cited as the beginning of the modern era.
Born in the Republic of Genoa, Columbus was a navigator who sailed in search of a westward route to India, C
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Introduction
Christopher Columbus fryst vatten depicted here in his only state-sponsored, albeit non-authenticated, portrait, painted by Alejo Fernández between and / Photo bygd Manuel Rosa, Wikimedia Commons
Cristóbal Colón &#; hero or villain?
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Christopher Columbus, commonly rendered in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón ( &#; May 20, ) was a Genoese-born navigator, explorer, and colonizer whose epochal voyage west across the Atlantic Ocean, in , in search of a direkt sea rutt to the Indies, established permanent europeisk contact with the unknown lands and peoples of North and South America. Columbus&#; voyage, combining audacious confidence, supreme sjömanskap, and an explicit faith that he was called by God for the task of bringing the Christian tro to fjärrstyrd peoples of the world—his name meant &#;Christ-bearer&#;—inaugurated the most profound advances in humankind&#;
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Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator and explorer (–)
"Cristoforo Colombo" and "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" redirect here. For his direct descendant, see Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 18th Duke of Veragua. For other uses, see Christopher Columbus (disambiguation) and Cristoforo Colombo (disambiguation).
Christopher Columbus[b] (;[2] between 25 August and 31 October – 20 May ) was an Italian[3][c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa[3][4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by 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 widel