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Christopher Columbus
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What does Christopher Columbus mean?
noun
- Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
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It was in this reign that the great Christopher Columbus, on behalf of Spain, discovered what was then called The New World.
Not to mention these new marvels, the ancient vessel of Christopher Columbus and of De Ruyter is one of the masterpieces of man.
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Christopher Columbus was called the Father of his Country.
In this category are to be found the true founders of religions and great undertakings: St. Paul, Mahomet, Christopher Columbus, and de Lesseps, for example.
These letters are full of ingenious observations upon Christopher Columbus, Leo X, and Luther, and are stamped by noble enthusiasm for the great discoveries of an age so rich in extraordinary events.