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1 Christopher Columbus
- Full name: Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo / Spanish: Cristóbal Colón / Portuguese: Cristóvão Colombo)
- Born: between October 31, 1450 and October 30, 1451
- Died: 20 May 1506
- Known for: Christopher Columbus landed in America in 1492, opening up a New World for Europe and marking the start of the colonisation of North America. Columbus was actually aiming for the East Indies, and insisted until the end of his life that he had landed in Asia.
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