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Christopher Columbus former home and museum (Valladolid)
View on map:41.653491°N 4.718177°W
Description
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
[a]
(
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m
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ə
s
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;
[3]
before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an
Italian
explorer and
colonizer
who completed four
voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
that opened the
New World
for conquest and permanent
European colonization of the Americas
. Columbus had embarked with intent to find and develop a westward route to the
Far East
, but instead discovered a route to the
Americas
, which were then unknown to the
Old World
. Columbus's voyages were the first European expeditions to the
Caribbean
,
Central America
, and
South America
. His Spanish-based expeditions and governance of the colonies he founded were sponsored by
Queen Isabella I
of
Castile
and
King Ferdinand II
of
Aragon
, the
Catholic Monarchs
of the budding
Spanish Empire
. Columbus never clearly renounced his belief that he had reached the Far East.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher Columbus
https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/christopher-columbus-home-museum/view/google/
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