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          Christopher Columbus and How He Received and.!

          On October 12th , Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Bahamas on an island he named San Salvador, becoming the first known European.

        1. On October 12th , Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Bahamas on an island he named San Salvador, becoming the first known European.
        2. Father McGivney went on to found what is now recognized as the world's largest Catholic fraternity, the Knights of Columbus.
        3. Christopher Columbus and How He Received and.
        4. Columbia does not reflect the familiar history of European colonization of indigenous shores and peoples, but rather, speaks to an older commercial orientation.
        5. This dissertation written by ERIC ODELL OAKLEY has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty of The Graduate School at The.

          6. Christopher Columbus

          Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)

          "Cristoforo Colombo" and "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" redirect here. For his direct descendant, see Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 18th Duke of Veragua.

          For other uses, see Christopher Columbus (disambiguation) and Cristoforo Colombo (disambiguation).

          Christopher Columbus[b] (;[2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian[3][c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa[3][4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

          His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.

          The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Growing up on the coast of Liguria, he went to sea at a young age a