Christopher Columbus
- Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) was born around October 31 1451
- Born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.
- Christopher Columbus is a famed explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
- Most famous for his discovery of "The New World", present day Hispaniola.
- Completed four voyages across the Atlantic ocean that led to the Spanish colonization of the new world.
- This also led to general European awareness of the American Continents.