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Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. (ed., Different version available) Young, Alexander Bell Filson, Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery; a Narrative, with a Note on the Navigation of Columbus's First Voyage by the Earl of Dunraven, v. 2.
Christopher Columbus as symbol for Genua (1907) located at Bowling Green, Manhattan (The U.S. Customs House) Christopher Columbus in Queens (1941) located at Astoria Blvd, Queens; Columbus Bust in Bronx (1925) located at D'Auria-Murphy Triange, Bronx; Columbus decoration in station (1904) located at 59th Street-Columbus Circle (IRT West Side)
[1] [2] [3] The work was the most popular treatment of Columbus in the English-speaking world until the publication of Samuel Eliot Morison's biography Admiral of the Ocean Sea in 1942. [3] It is one of the first examples of American historical fiction and one of several attempts at nationalistic myth-making undertaken by American writers and ...
On this day in 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. The Italian explorer first found a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached East Asia.
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] 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.
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The house is located outside Genoa's 14th-century walls. During the Renaissance, the area became subject to intense building, mainly consisting of public housing. [93] Columbus was born in 1451, and historical documents indicated that Columbus lived here between approximately 1455 and 1470.
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