Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the
Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern
Italy. Under the auspices of the
Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the
American continents in the
Western Hemisphere. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements in the island of
Hispaniola, initiated the process of
Spanish colonization, which foreshadowed the general
European colonization of the "
New World".
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