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Christopher Columbus is a radio play, with text by Louis MacNeice and music by William Walton, commissioned by the BBC in 1942. It was first heard in a live broadcast in October 1942 on the BBC Home Service. Sir Adrian Boult conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the cast was headed by Laurence Olivier in the title role. The production was ...
Ein Mann, der sich Kolumbus nannt ("A man who called himself Columbus") is the title of a folk or children's song. It first became the melody of Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart in the Scherzliederbuch (book of humorous songs) Der Pott in 1936. The song tells of the "discovery of America" by Christopher Columbus.
Christopher Columbus (A1 song) Columbus (Mrs. Green Apple song) Conquest of Paradise (song) D. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (song) E. Ein Mann, der sich Kolumbus nannt
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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Columbus cut off the hands of approximately 10,000 natives in Haiti and the Dominican Republic because they failed to provide gold every three months. Columbus cut off the legs of native children ...
Overall, 1492: Conquest of Paradise received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes giving the film a 32% rating based on 22 reviews with the critical consensus: "Historically inaccurate and dramatically inert, Ridley Scott's retelling of Christopher Columbus' exploits is an epic without grandeur or ...