Christopher Columbus
Cristoforo Colombo
renaissance
exploration
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.Wikipedia →
Works
Epistola de insulis nuper inventis
Letter on the Newly Discovered Islands
Spanish, Neo-Latin · 1493Correspondence / Letters
1 translation
Colección de los viajes y descubrimientos que hicieron por mar los españoles
Collection of the Voyages and Discoveries at Sea made by Spaniards
Spanish · 1825-1837Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Diario de la primera navegación y descubrimiento de las Indias
Christopher Columbus's journal
Spanish · 1825Biography / Memoir / Reportage
1 translation