Christopher Columbus
c. 1451–1506
Italian navigator whose voyages for Spain opened lasting European contact with the Americas.
Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506) was an explorer, born in Genoa and died in Valladolid.
- Known as
- Explorer
- Category
- Explorers
- Born
- c. 1451, Genoa
- Died
- 1506, Valladolid
Age of Discovery
- Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
- Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480–1521, explorer
- Juan Ponce de León 1474–1521, explorer
- John Cabot c. 1450–c. 1500, explorer
Alive at the same time as Christopher Columbus
- Donato Bramante 1444–1514, architect
- Sandro Botticelli c. 1445–1510, painter
- Bartolomeu Dias c. 1450–1500, explorer
- John Cabot c. 1450–c. 1500, explorer
- Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450–1516, painter
- Isabella I of Castile 1451–1504, queen
- Leonardo da Vinci 1452–1519, polymath
- Amerigo Vespucci 1454–1512, explorer
- Jakob Fugger 1459–1525, banker
- Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
- Piri Reis c. 1465–1553, admiral and cartographer
- Pedro Álvares Cabral c. 1467–c. 1520, explorer
Portrait: Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, Public domain.
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