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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.
Cristobal Colon may refer to: The Spanish name of the explorer known in English as Christopher Columbus Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón (1887) , an unprotected Spanish cruiser that foundered off Cuba in 1895
Cristóbal was of vital importance to the American plan to build the Panama Canal. Much like the city of Colón (formerly Aspinwall) had been during the American construction of the Panama Railroad, Cristobal was the port of entry for construction equipment and materials, most canal workers, and supplies and provisions for them and their dependents.
Pico Cristóbal Colón, known as Gonawindua in the indigenous Kogi language, is the second highest mountain in Colombia, with a reported height of 5,712.8 metres (18,743 ft). [1]
[103] [better source needed] That month, Columbus shipped approximately 500 of these Americans to Spain to be sold as slaves; about 40% died en route, [60] [102] and half of the rest were sick upon arrival. In June of that year, the Spanish crown sent ships and supplies to the colony on Hispaniola, which Florentine merchant Gianotto Berardi had ...
The wreck of Cristobal Colon on 22 November 2022. That night, a U.S. Navy salvage team from repair ship USS Vulcan decided that Cristóbal Colón was worth salvaging and towed her off the rocks. The team did not notice that the ship was scuttled, only when they towed it, they realized she lacked watertight integrity and quickly capsized and ...
Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel 18th Duke of Veragua, 17th Duke of la Vega, 19th Marquess of Aguilafuente, 16th Marquess of Jamaica, 20th Admiral of the Ocean Sea, GE, OIC (born 4 October 1949) is a Spanish nobleman, businessman and formerly an officer, helicopter pilot, and commander of a naval vessel in the Spanish Navy.
The Spaniard Nicolás Monardes, writes: [32] "In the year 1492 our Spaniards were led by don Christoval Colon, native of Genoa, to discover the West Indies." The German Laurentius Surius , writes: [ 33 ] "There was at the court of the King of Spain a certain Christopher Columbus whose homeland was Genoa."