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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.
Ferdinand Columbus was born in Córdoba, Spain on 15 August 1488, [2] the son of Christopher Columbus and Beatriz Enríquez de Arana. He had one brother, Diego Columbus, from his father's earlier marriage. Ferdinand's parents never married, possibly because the Arana family lacked the social standing that was important to Columbus's ambitions. [3]
Diego Columbus (Spanish: Diego Colón) was a Lucayan Taíno taken from the island of Guanahani and adopted by Christopher Columbus. Diego's Lucayan name is unknown, but he was an inhabitant of Guanahani (later San Salvador) in October of 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall during his first voyage. During the fleet's stay at the island ...
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: ...
Columbus's tribute system was described by his son Ferdinand: "In the Cibao, where the gold mines were, every person of fourteen years of age or upward was to pay a large hawk's bell of gold dust; [x] all others were each to pay 25 pounds of cotton. Whenever an Indian delivered his tribute, he was to receive a brass or copper token which he ...
The palace was inhabited by Columbus's first-born son, Diego Columbus, [1] [2] whose children Juana, Isabel, Luis, and Christopher were born there. Diego Columbus died in Spain in 1526, but his widow, María Álvarez de Toledo, remained at the palace until her death in 1549. Three generations of the Columbus family inhabited the residence ...
On this day in 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.The Italian explorer first found a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached East Asia. That same day, his ...
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 Asia.