Columbus, Christopher

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1. An Italian explorer responsible for the European discovery of America in 1492. He had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, under the patronage of the king and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella, hoping to find a westward route to India. His ships were the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Columbus made four voyages to the New World, visiting the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, and the coast of Central America.

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Columbus, Christopher

Columbus, Christopher, I, 323; II, 178, 194, 244, 357.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

"Oh, Christopher Columbus, Christopher Columbus, what did you do when you discovered America?"

From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Citron, 92, 93 Clayton, Thomas, 153 Cloudberry, 114 Coles, William, 105, 167, 215, 216 Cologne, 77, 78, 83, 91 Colonna, Fabio, 234 Columbus, Christopher, 122 Copland, William, 57 et seq.,

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

Columbus, Christopher, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25-36, 54, 69-70.

From American Men of Action by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Columbus, Christopher, was he a Spaniard, of Jewish ancestry?

From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.