Italian-born
Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route
to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas instead. He was born in Genoa (Italy), he is a navigator and discoverer ( or rediscoverer) of the New World. After much difficulty, he obtained the patronage of Ferdinand V and Isabella of Spain for his project of sailing west to reach the Orient. He left Palos (Aug. 3,1492) with 3 ships, the 'Pinta', the 'Nina' and the 'Santa Maria', and reached the Bahamas (Oct. 12, 1492). He sailed to Cuba and Haiti before returning (1493) to Spain. A second voyage (1493-6) took him to the Lesser Antiles, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, and a third (1498- 1500) to Trinidad and the coast of Venezuela. On his fourth voyage (1502-4), he explored the coast of Central America.
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