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Christopher Columbus

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Detailed Information

Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Explorer
Died
May 20, age 54
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
GenoaItaly
About
Italian explorer and navigator who, sponsored by the Spanish crown, set out to claim the East Indies. His voyages resulted in Spanish colonization of the American continent, also known as the New World.
Family
He married the daughter of the Porto Santo governor Filipa Moniz Perestrelo in 1479. He had two sons named Diego and Ferdinand Columbus.

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