Christopher Columbus
1451 – 20 May 1506
Genoese navigator whose 1492 Atlantic crossing under the Spanish crown opened sustained contact between Europe and the Americas.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Christopher Columbus.
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- Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516) Overlapped 55 years →
- Askia Muhammad I (1443–1538) Overlapped 55 years →
- Kabir (1440–1518) Overlapped 55 years →
- Ravidas (1450–1520) Overlapped 55 years →
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Made landfall in the Bahamas
12 October 1492
He believed until his death that he had reached the outskirts of Asia.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Undertook his fourth and final voyage, exploring the Central American coast
1502 – 1504
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