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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator
and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas.
He had noted in his lifetime that he was born in Genoa, Italy. His
birth name was Cristoforo Colombo. He eventually became an admiral
for the Crown of Castile. 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 Castillian Spanish as Cristobal Colon. Columbus´ voyages
across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration
and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places
great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually
reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498. Likewise, he was
not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas, as there
are accounts of European transatlantic contact prior to 1492.
Nevertheless, Columbus´s voyage came at a critical time of growing
national imperialism and economic competition between developing
nation states seeking wealth from the establishment of trade routes
and colonies. Therefore, the period before 1492 is known as
Pre-Columbian. The anniversary of the 1492 voyage (vd. Columbus
Day) is observed throughout the Americas and in Spain. Columbus has
always been a divisive figure - contemporary perceptions of him at
various royal courts, among the people living in the lands that he
claimed for Spain, and even among his own followers and colleagues
evidenced extreme disagreements about his actions and intentions.
Competing historical interpretations of his life and legacy
continue this tradition of discord.
Santa Maria (ship)
The Santa Maria was the largest of the three ships used by
Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
in 1492. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. The Santa Maria
was a small carrack, or "Nao" around 70 feet, and was used as the
flagship for the expedition. She carried 40 men. In 1492, in the
middle of the expedition, the ship was shipwrecked in a storm.
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1992, 24. April. Europa: 500. Jahrestag der Entdeckung Amerikas.
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