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Christopher Columbus

1451 - 1506

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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-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 widely, as far north as the British Isles and as far south as what is now Ghana. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Columbus is the 2nd most popular explorer, the 4th most popular biography from Italy and the 2nd most popular Italian Explorer.

Christopher Columbus is most famous for discovering the Americas in 1492.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Christopher Columbus ranks 2 out of 498. Before him are Marco Polo. After him are Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Leif Erikson, Amerigo Vespucci, Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, Roald Amundsen, Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Zheng He.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1451, Christopher Columbus ranks 1. After him are Isabella I of Castile, Muhammad Shaybani, James III of Scotland, Frederick of Naples, René II, Duke of Lorraine, Kemal Reis, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Nicolás de Ovando, and Franchinus Gaffurius. Among people deceased in 1506, Christopher Columbus ranks 1. After him are Philip I of Castile, Andrea Mantegna, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Anne of Foix-Candale, Alexander Jagiellon, Sesshū Tōyō, Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Alexander Agricola, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Sancha of Aragon, and João I of Kongo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Christopher Columbus ranks 4 out of 5,161. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452), Marco Polo (1254), and Galileo Galilei (1564). After him are Julius Caesar (-100), Michelangelo (1475), Archimedes (-287), Dante Alighieri (1265), Augustus (-63), Antonio Vivaldi (1678), Raphael (1483), and Niccolò Machiavelli (1469).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Christopher Columbus ranks 2. Before him are Marco Polo (1254). After him are Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), and Niccolò de' Conti (1395).

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