Christopher Columbus foi um italiano explorador,navegador, e colonizador que completou 4 viagens través do Oceano Atlântico sob os auspícios dos reis católicos da Espanha. Ele liderou primeiras expedições européias ao Caribe,América Central e América do Sul, iniciando a colonização européia permanente das Américas.
Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time who we call Native Americans. There even was a European, Leif Ericsson, who had been to the Americas before. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the Americas.
