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DANIEL MCCARTHY: Columbus Day Celebrates Our Civilization
Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher Columbus at all — they’re about whether America should exist. “Columbus’s journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across…
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About Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Everything about Christopher Columbus →- Occupation
- explorer, seafarer, traveler, sailor
- Position held
- Governor of the Indies, Viceroy of the Indies
- Citizenship
- Republic of Genoa
- Born
- 1450, 1451, 1451, 1451
- Died
- May 19, 1506, May 20, 1506, May 21, 1506