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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.
Valladolid. Christopher Columbus died on May 20, 1506, in Valladolid. His death occurred in this city because he was following the itinerant Court of Ferdinand the Catholic. [1] The exact location of his death is unknown, but it could have been either in a modest inn or in the house of a sailor named Gil García where he was a guest.
European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.
A view of the statue of Christopher Columbus at the square that bears his name, Plaza de Colon, in Madrid, Spain October 10, 2024. ... Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506, but wished to be ...
Filipa Moniz was the daughter of Isabel Moniz and Bartolomeu Perestrelo. [1] Prior to marrying she was one of the twelve elite Comendadoras of the Monastery of All Saints in Lisbon of the Military Order of St. James, which means she had a comendary. [2] Her step son Ferdinand Columbus and her brother-in-law Bartholomew Columbus, described her ...
7. He first landed in the Bahamas. When Columbus reached the New World on October 12, 1492, his ships landed on one of the islands of the Bahamas, probably Watling Island, which he mistook for ...
The fourth voyage of Columbus was a Spanish maritime expedition in 1502–1504 to the western Caribbean Sea led by Christopher Columbus.The voyage, Columbus's last, failed to find a western maritime route to the Far East, returned relatively little profit, and resulted in the loss of many crew men, all the fleet's ships, and a year-long marooning in Jamaica.
On October 11 in 1492: Christopher Columbus reached new land across the Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas. He claimed the land on behalf of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. Other Events on October 11: ...