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          The New World Explorer.

          Christopher Columbus (c..

          Christopher Columbus

          c. 1451-1506

          Who Was Christopher Columbus?

          Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator.

          In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to Asia. Instead, he and his crew landed on an island in present-day Bahamas—claiming it for Spain and mistakenly “discovering” the Americas.

          Between 1493 and 1504, he made three more voyages to the Caribbean and South America, believing until his death that he had found a shorter route to Asia.

          In , Columbus finally overcame the objections of the bigoted church leaders of Spain, who believed the world was flat because the Bible said it was.

        1. In , Columbus finally overcame the objections of the bigoted church leaders of Spain, who believed the world was flat because the Bible said it was.
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        4. After all, my Puerto Rican family taught me at a young age that Christopher Columbus was a “bad man” who killed people, and I always remembered this simple fact.
        5. I have been fascinated by Christopher Columbus since I was a little boy.

          6. Columbus has been credited—and blamed—for opening up the Americas to European colonization.

          Quick Facts

          FULL NAME: Cristoforo Colombo
          BORN: c. 1451
          DIED: May 20, 1506
          BIRTHPLACE: Genoa, Italy
          SPOUSE: Filipa Perestrelo (c.

          1479-1484)
          CHILDREN: Diego and Fernando

          Where Was Columbus Born?

          Christopher Columbus, whose real name was Cristoforo Colombo, was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, part of what is now