32+ Christopher Columbus
32+ Christopher Columbus. Christopher columbus is the name with which the italian navigator and cartographer, called cristoforo colombo, is widely known. Christopher columbus was born in genoa, italy, in 1451.
Christopher columbus may not have discovered america, but he did take several voyages to the continent that helped ignite europe's age of exploration. Christopher columbus was born in genoa, italy, in 1451. He is remembered as the principal european discoverer of the americas and he helped bring the americas.
He was the first european to sight the.
His father, domenico colombo was a wool weaver and his mother was susanna fontanarossa. Christopher columbus leaving palos, spain, aboard the santa maria on his 1st voyage, circa 1910, by joaquin sorolla y bastida, gift of archer huntington, the mariners' museum. His journals say that he felt inspired by god to go and find the promised land. At that time, europeans knew nothing of the vast western hemisphere.
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