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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.
Columbus Memorial (1967) located at Columbus Park; Hackensack. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1976) located at Columbus Park; Hammonton. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1992) located at Egg Harbor Road, 1 block east of Route 54; Hoboken. Christopher Columbus Statue (1937) located at Columbus Park; Jersey City
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.
In 2017, the statue was vandalized prior to Columbus Day, with red paint splashed on the statue and the words "kill the colonizer" spray-painted along its base. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The statue was removed on June 24, 2020.
Statue of Christopher Columbus (Camden, New Jersey) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chelsea, Massachusetts) Drake Fountain; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chula Vista, California) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbia, South Carolina)
A statue of Christopher Columbus by Mario Zamora was installed in Chula Vista, California's formerly named Discovery Park, in the United States. The statue has been vandalized multiple times. [1] [2] It was removed and placed into storage in June 2020. [3] The park named after Columbus's so-called "discovery" of America was renamed in 2022. [4]
Workers place the Christopher Columbus statue onto a flatbed truck after removing it from its pedestal in front of Columbus City Hall in this 2020 Dispatch file photo.
1498 – On his third voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus reaches mainland South America. [6] 1499 – Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda explores the South American mainland from about Cayenne (in modern French Guiana) to Cabo de la Vela (in modern Colombia), reaching the mouth of the Orinoco River and entering Lake Maracaibo. [2]