Christopher Columbus

n. (1451-1506) Italian explorer and navigator who discovered America in 1492, Columbus, Cristobal Colon (original name of Christopher Columbus)

Christopher Columbus (1451 –  May 20, 1506) was a navigator, colonizer and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas after the Vikings. Though not the first to reach the Americas from Europe, Columbus' voyages led to general European awareness of the hemisphere and the successful establishment of European cultures in the New World. It is generally believed that he was born in Genoa, although other theories exist. The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Also well known are his name's rendering in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo and in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón.
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Noun
1. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
(synonym) Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo, Cristobal Colon
(hypernym) navigator

n. Christopher Columbus, (1446?-1506)