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    navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean...
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    A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a fictional biographical account of Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving in...
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    Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa...
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    Christopher Columbus received finances and was authorised to sail west and claim lands for Spain. The monarchs accorded him the title of Admiral of the...
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  • in 1566 with the Spanish West Indies fleets, following the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic crossings were undertaken...
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    UPR. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8477-0244-2. Christopher Columbus (5 February 2004). The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Penguin Books Limited. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-14-192042-9...
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    colonizing areas of North America. In 1492, the exploratory voyages of Christopher Columbus led to a transatlantic exchange, including migrations of European...
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    America nearly a century before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Nicolò and Antonio are notable for a number of letters and a map (the so-called "Zeno...
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    area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Eriksson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus...
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    The ethnic or national origin of explorer Christopher Columbus (1450 or 1451 – 1506) has been a source of speculation since the 19th century. The consensus...
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