Christopher Columbus
1451 AD – 1506 AD
Christopher Columbus (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.
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Born · 1451 AD
1492 ADCapitulations of Santa Fe Signed Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
1492 ADFirst Contact at Guanahani Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
1494 ADTreaty of Tordesillas Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
Died · 1506 AD
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