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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who lived from 1451 to 1506. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to find a new trade route to India, but instead became the first European to discover the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean and South America, opening up the Americas to future European colonization. He conceived of reaching the Spice Islands in the East by sailing west and proposed his plan to the Catholic Monarchs of Spain in 1486, eventually receiving funding and being named admiral of the newly discovered lands. On his first voyage that landed in the Americas in 1492, Columbus began the process of European exploration and colonization of the

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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who lived from 1451 to 1506. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to find a new trade route to India, but instead became the first European to discover the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean and South America, opening up the Americas to future European colonization. He conceived of reaching the Spice Islands in the East by sailing west and proposed his plan to the Catholic Monarchs of Spain in 1486, eventually receiving funding and being named admiral of the newly discovered lands. On his first voyage that landed in the Americas in 1492, Columbus began the process of European exploration and colonization of the

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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who lived from 1451 to 1506. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to find a new trade route to India, but instead became the first European to discover the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean and South America, opening up the Americas to future European colonization. He conceived of reaching the Spice Islands in the East by sailing west and proposed his plan to the Catholic Monarchs of Spain in 1486, eventually receiving funding and being named admiral of the newly discovered lands. On his first voyage that landed in the Americas in 1492, Columbus began the process of European exploration and colonization of the

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    Biography

    Who Was Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator. In 1492,


    he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in the Santa Maria, with
    the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to
    India.

    Between 1492 and 1504, he made a total of four voyages to the


    Caribbean and South America and has been credited and blamed for
    opening up the Americas to European colonization.
    Discovery of America

    In the 15th Century, Christopher Columbus (Genoa, 1451?-


    Valladolid, 1506) conceives the idea of getting to The Maluku
    Islands (the trade center of spices). He decides to take a short
    cut used by the Portuguese sailors, but his King, John the II of
    Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal, 1455-Alvor, Portugal, 1495)
    refuses. Columbus offers the project to the Catholic Monarchs
    in 1486, starting the pilgrimage that will lead him to his goal.

    On April 17, 1492 the Capitulations of Santa Fe (Granada)


    were signed. Due to this fact, Columbus is appointed admiral,
    viceroy and governor of the lands he discovers. The Columbian
    Project launches on August 3rd, 1492 from Palos de la Frontera
    port (Huelva) and reaches American land (Guanahani from the
    Antilles) on October 12. He continues his route around the
    Cuba islands and Hispaniola. This first voyage brings to the
    Monarchy benefits and a conflict with Portugal who believes the
    Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479) has been violated. The papal bulls
    filed by the Pope Alexander VI (Xàtiva, Valencia, 1431-Rome,
    Italy, 1503) will support the Spanish discovery title, as well as
    the demarcation of expansive zones. But the Luso-Castilian
    rivalry wont resolve itself until the signing of the Treaty of
    Tordesillas (1494).

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