CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1451?-1506)

Christopher Columbus was probably born in Genoa, Italy, around 1451. His wife, a Portuguese women who he married around 1480, was Dona Felipa. Christopher had one son named Diego.

He made several voyages to the New World which he thought was India. His first voyage took place in 1492. His second voyage was in 1493. He went again to the New World in 1497. His final voyage was in 1502. Christopher Columbus died in 1506.

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