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Cristoforo Colombo, known as Cristóbal Colón,
also known as Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
Exploring the man and the myth, the voyages and the results.

1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE
An Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC exploring the peoples of the Americas before Columbus, Mediterranean world of the time, and the resulting clash of cultures.

Voyages of Columbus The age of Exploration
Timeline, events of the earliest explorers to Captainn Cook's voyages to the South Pacific.
Note: greater detail of the map

Christopher Columbus
Opposition to the celebration of Columbus Day, plus a negative look at the man.

Medieval Sourcebook: Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal
Translation from the journal of Columbus in his voyage of 1492.
Cristóbal Colón's signature

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