A Biography of Christopher Columbus, a Portuguese Navigator (404 words, 2 pages)
Columbus, Christopher (Italian Cristoforo Colombo, Spanish Cristbal Coln) (1451-1506), Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west acrossthe Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by makinglandfall, instead, in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.His father was a weaver, and it is believed that Christopher ...
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