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Columbus Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro a Colón, meaning "Lighthouse to Columbus") is a mausoleum monument to Christopher Columbus located in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. Construction began in 1986, using plans drawn in 1931 by Scottish architect J.L. Gleave.
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.
This page from Alain Manesson Mallet's five-volume world atlas shows the islet of Guanahani, the site of Columbus' first landing in 1492. Guanahaní (meaning "small upper waters land") [1] was the Taíno name of an island in the Bahamas that was the first land in the New World sighted and visited by Christopher Columbus' first voyage, on 12 October 1492.
The 1892 monument makes no reference to Spain, and the engraving on the pedestal reads simply "To Christopher Columbus. 12 October 1892" (A Cristóbal Colón. 12 de octubre de 1892). At the inauguration of the statue, there were speeches making reference to Spain, but the symbolism of Columbus was as navigator, not as a conqueror, an innocuous ...
Columbus's vow (Spanish: El Voto colombino) was a vow by Christopher Columbus and other members of the crew of the caravel Niña on 14 February 1493, during the return trip of Columbus's first voyage to perform certain acts, including pilgrimages, upon their return to Spain.
Español: Mapa del primer viaje de Cristóbal Colón en formato de vector con nombres de lugares en Español. Incluye más detalle que el mapa SVG del primer viaje de ...
Map of the Caribbean Sea with possible itineraries of Columbus' voyages.. The Columbus Copy Book consists of 38 folios, measuring 230 x 330 mm and written on both sides. [8] It contains the transcriptions of nine documents apparently written by Christopher Columbus between 1493 and 1503 and all addressed to the King and Queen of Spain: one 'letter-relation' about Columbus' First Voyage to the ...
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Viajes_de_colon.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0, Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0, GFDL, GFDL/es . 2009-06-28T18:42:34Z Phirosiberia 1715x1149 (226407 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=The routes of the for voyages of Columbus.}} {{es|1=Rutas seguidas por Colón en sus cuatro viajes.}} |Source={{es|Basado en la ...