'Christoph Kolumbus 1446-1506', 1934. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Genoese navigator and explorer. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out in 1492 to discover a westward route to Asia. He landed on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, claiming it for Spain. Columbus subsequently made three further voyages to the Americas. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]
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