Christopher Columbus
1451–1506 · Person
Genoese navigator whose 1492 Atlantic crossing for Castile opened the Americas to European conquest, colonisation and exchange.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, People, Spain, Master, Italy (post-476 CE)
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